Afghanistan - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Afghanistan was 223.00 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,011.00 in 2007 and a minimum value of 96.00 in 2003.

Definition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 120.00
1962 150.00
1963 200.00
1964 200.00
1965 300.00
1966 400.00
1967 500.00
1968 500.00
1969 550.00
1970 550.00
1971 600.00
1972 600.00
1973 585.00
1974 570.00
1975 550.00
1976 530.00
1977 515.00
1978 495.00
1979 450.00
1980 400.00
1981 350.00
1982 300.00
1983 250.00
1984 200.00
1985 150.00
1986 150.00
1987 120.00
1988 120.00
1989 120.00
1990 120.00
1991 120.00
1992 110.00
1993 110.00
1994 110.00
1995 110.00
1996 110.00
1997 110.00
1998 110.00
1999 110.00
2000 110.00
2001 102.00
2002 161.00
2003 96.00
2004 114.00
2005 132.00
2006 711.00
2007 1,011.00
2008 171.00
2009 223.00

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Afghanistan was 0.29 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 1.30 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.12 in 2003.

Definition: Agricultural machinery refers to the number of wheel and crawler tractors (excluding garden tractors) in use in agriculture at the end of the calendar year specified or during the first quarter of the following year. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.16
1962 0.19
1963 0.26
1964 0.26
1965 0.38
1966 0.51
1967 0.64
1968 0.64
1969 0.70
1970 0.70
1971 0.76
1972 0.76
1973 0.74
1974 0.72
1975 0.70
1976 0.67
1977 0.65
1978 0.63
1979 0.57
1980 0.51
1981 0.44
1982 0.38
1983 0.32
1984 0.25
1985 0.19
1986 0.19
1987 0.15
1988 0.15
1989 0.15
1990 0.15
1991 0.15
1992 0.14
1993 0.14
1994 0.14
1995 0.14
1996 0.14
1997 0.14
1998 0.14
1999 0.14
2000 0.14
2001 0.13
2002 0.21
2003 0.12
2004 0.15
2005 0.17
2006 0.91
2007 1.30
2008 0.22
2009 0.29

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production