You could make the argument the paying property tax trumps ownership, but I just want an overall answer to the question of What percentage of the earth is privately owned, by earth I am refering to surface.
Land use
Percentage
Arable land:
13.13%[7]
Permanent crops:
4.71%[7]
Permanent pastures:
26%
Forests and woodland:
32%
Urban areas:
1.5%
Other:
30%
Read until you have something to write...Write until you have nothing to write...when you have nothing to write, read...read until you have something to write...Jeremiah
Unless you do some hardcore research into how the earth is divided into those categories, you'll find it hard to come up with a total figure.
Do the percentages refer to the amount of land owned privately?
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I butchered the question, the percentages are just divisions of land. They in no way symbol ownership.
My question is about ownership!
Well, one thing I would be careful about is distinguishing between pseudoprivate entities holdings (US Federal Reserve, heavily subsidised and/or governmentally managed companies like GM, government owned enterprises), private criminals territory (Drug cartel compounds, slave markets, Mafia villas) and private property itself.
This can have a surprising amount of impact, when you consider debates over whether Wal-Mart or Microsoft are pseudoprivate or private.