Average size of holdings

I posted yesterday about the exponential land tax, and that's raised some questions about how it would affect ordinary farms. So as background data, here is some information about the average size of holdings.

Territory	Average holding size (Ha)	Source	Notes
USA	181	US Department of Agriculture	Quoted as 449 acres
Czech Republic	152.4	European Commission
Scotland	101	Scottish Government	2010 data
UK	70.8	European Commission	2007 data
Denmark	62.9	European Commission
Germany	55.8	European Commission
Sweden	43.1	European Commission
Netherlands	25.9	European Commission
Norway	21.6	European Commission
Italy	7.9	European Commission

This broadly confirms my belief that the average size of holdings in Scotland is unusually large. My broader argument, of course, is that it is pathologically large, but this post is about data, not argument, so I won't expand on that here. The only country in the EU which currently has an average holding size larger than Scotland's is the Czech Republic, at 152.4 hectares (2010 figures, source European Commission). It's worth noting, however, that across the EU as a whole, the trend in holding size is upwards, and this is particularly true in eastern Europe; the average Czech holding size has doubled in the decade 2000-2010.