Census of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries 2020

The following statistical units were distinguished in the census:

• Agricultural household
• Forestry household
• Marine fisheries household
• Inland water fisheries household

Each type of household was defined as a household directly engaged in activities corresponding to each sector, that meets the established thresholds.

The following thresholds were applied for the agricultural households:

• Directly cultivating an area of at least 0.1 ha of arable land, or land under permanent crops, at the time of enumeration (1 December 2020)
• Sales of produced agricultural (crop or livestock) products amounted to at least KRW 1.2 million during the reference year (1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020)
• Raising livestock worth at least KRW 1.2 million at the time of enumeration (1 December 2020)

The following thresholds were applied for the forestry households:

• Owns 3 ha of forest land at the time of enumeration, and was engaged in forestation during the past 5 years (1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020)
• Engaged in logging or nursery (cultivating seedlings for forestation) during the reference year (1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020)
• Sales of directly produced forestry products including forest product picking amounted to at least KRW 1.2 million during the reference year (1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020)

The following thresholds were applied for the marine fisheries households:

• Engaged in boat fishing, fishing without gear, skin diving fisheries, other fisheries methods, or aquaculture for at least 1 month for the purpose of sales during the reference year (1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020)
• Sales of directly caught or cultured fisheries products amounted to at least KRW 1.2 million during the reference year (1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020)
• Value of aquaculture products was at least KRW 1.2 million at the time of enumeration (1 December 2020)

The following households were excluded from the marine fisheries households:

• Households engaged in deep-sea fisheries only
• Households that were not directly engaged in fisheries but only had wage earners in fisheries
• Households engaged in river, reservoir, dam and lake fisheries (a mixture of seawater and freshwater)

The following thresholds were applied for the inland water fisheries household:

• Engaged in boat fishing, other fisheries methods, or aquaculture at least 1 month for the purpose of sale during the reference year (1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020)
• Sales of directly caught or cultured fisheries products amounted to at least KRW 1.2 million during the reference year (1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020)
• Value of aquaculture products was at least KRW 1.2 million at the time of enumeration (1 December 2020)

The following households were excluded from the inland water fisheries household:

• Households that were not directly engaged in fisheries but only had wage earners in fisheries
• Households with only one fishing hole in inland waters
• Households engaged in fisheries activities near the adjacent sea and coastal waters

Companies, associations and other legal entities were not included in the census.