Arab World - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Arab World was 376,490 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 481,333 in 1998 and a minimum value of 73,480 in 1961.

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.

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Year Value
1961 73,480
1962 76,900
1963 81,263
1964 86,067
1965 91,117
1966 97,645
1967 112,317
1968 117,242
1969 124,571
1970 130,247
1971 136,421
1972 147,694
1973 156,011
1974 165,663
1975 177,135
1976 186,160
1977 191,633
1978 207,256
1979 224,684
1980 236,194
1981 255,349
1982 271,006
1983 284,477
1984 300,881
1985 328,165
1986 344,694
1987 356,674
1988 364,636
1989 360,566
1990 383,795
1991 402,168
1992 404,817
1993 432,671
1994 437,605
1995 471,322
1996 471,137
1997 474,365
1998 481,333
1999 480,922
2000 431,725
2001 415,084
2002 347,852
2003 351,046
2004 358,333
2005 367,073
2006 376,490

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Arab World was 168.44 as of 2001. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 168.44 in 2001, while its lowest value was 20.37 in 1961.

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 20.37
1962 21.33
1963 22.43
1964 23.58
1965 24.72
1966 26.66
1967 30.44
1968 31.85
1969 33.51
1970 34.81
1971 35.20
1972 38.09
1973 40.31
1974 42.51
1975 45.46
1976 47.09
1977 48.83
1978 52.71
1979 57.67
1980 60.87
1981 65.47
1982 69.34
1983 73.33
1984 76.80
1985 83.43
1986 87.09
1987 89.30
1988 91.19
1989 89.92
1990 94.68
1991 97.38
1992 96.15
1993 101.28
1994 103.85
1995 112.27
1996 111.93
1997 113.58
1998 115.21
1999 126.81
2000 153.97
2001 168.44

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production