Botswana - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Botswana was 3,371.00 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,900.00 in 1990 and a minimum value of 550.00 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 550.00
1962 600.00
1963 700.00
1964 900.00
1965 1,200.00
1966 1,350.00
1967 1,450.00
1968 1,500.00
1969 1,544.00
1970 1,600.00
1971 1,650.00
1972 1,700.00
1973 1,750.00
1974 1,800.00
1975 1,850.00
1976 1,900.00
1977 1,950.00
1978 2,000.00
1979 2,050.00
1980 2,150.00
1981 2,290.00
1982 2,460.00
1983 2,570.00
1984 2,710.00
1985 2,870.00
1986 3,010.00
1987 3,150.00
1988 4,650.00
1989 5,000.00
1990 5,900.00
1991 4,010.00
1992 3,867.00
1993 3,850.00
1994 3,800.00
1995 3,750.00
1996 3,700.00
1997 3,669.00
1998 3,357.00
1999 3,648.00
2000 2,688.00
2001 3,165.00
2002 3,133.00
2003 2,957.00
2004 3,068.00
2005 2,913.00
2006 2,816.00
2007 2,835.00
2008 3,371.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Botswana was 120.82 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 158.25 in 2001, while its lowest value was 13.78 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 13.78
1962 15.04
1963 17.54
1964 22.56
1965 30.00
1966 33.75
1967 36.25
1968 37.50
1969 38.60
1970 40.00
1971 41.25
1972 42.39
1973 43.64
1974 44.89
1975 46.13
1976 47.38
1977 48.63
1978 49.88
1979 50.87
1980 53.35
1981 56.82
1982 60.74
1983 63.46
1984 66.91
1985 70.52
1986 73.96
1987 77.02
1988 113.69
1989 120.77
1990 140.48
1991 133.67
1992 154.68
1993 110.00
1994 96.20
1995 108.70
1996 107.25
1997 122.30
1998 145.96
1999 152.00
2000 76.80
2001 158.25
2002 127.88
2003 151.64
2004 135.75
2005 121.38
2006 140.10
2007 155.77
2008 120.82

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production