Economics Questions

Re: What percentage of the earth is privately owned vs, Publicly Owned

Praetyre — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:55:12 GMT

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.

Re: What percentage of the earth is privately owned vs, Publicly Owned

Jeremiah Dyke — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:51:37 GMT

I butchered the question, the percentages are just divisions of land. They in no way symbol ownership.

My question is about ownership!

Re: What percentage of the earth is privately owned vs, Publicly Owned

MatthewWilliam — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:46:35 GMT

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?

What percentage of the earth is privately owned vs, Publicly Owned

Jeremiah Dyke — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:38:47 GMT

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%