Brazil - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Brazil was 788,053 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 803,742 in 1996 and a minimum value of 72,000 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 72,000
1962 82,000
1963 93,000
1964 103,000
1965 114,000
1966 124,000
1967 134,500
1968 145,000
1969 155,400
1970 165,870
1971 183,500
1972 201,000
1973 218,500
1974 236,000
1975 323,113
1976 350,000
1977 370,000
1978 428,000
1979 485,000
1980 545,205
1981 569,000
1982 593,000
1983 617,000
1984 641,000
1985 666,309
1986 678,803
1987 691,297
1988 703,790
1989 716,285
1990 728,779
1991 741,272
1992 753,766
1993 766,260
1994 778,754
1995 791,248
1996 803,742
1997 802,173
1998 800,604
1999 799,035
2000 797,466
2001 795,898
2002 794,329
2003 792,760
2004 791,191
2005 789,622
2006 788,053

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Brazil was 161.11 as of 2006. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 186.31 in 1996, while its lowest value was 30.47 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 30.47
1962 33.94
1963 37.67
1964 40.85
1965 44.28
1966 47.19
1967 50.18
1968 53.05
1969 55.78
1970 58.81
1971 62.57
1972 66.01
1973 69.20
1974 72.18
1975 95.53
1976 95.71
1977 94.12
1978 101.77
1979 108.26
1980 114.67
1981 117.22
1982 119.70
1983 122.09
1984 124.38
1985 125.94
1986 131.06
1987 136.40
1988 141.99
1989 147.83
1990 153.95
1991 160.36
1992 167.08
1993 174.15
1994 181.59
1995 185.90
1996 186.31
1997 183.49
1998 180.75
1999 178.07
2000 175.47
2001 172.93
2002 170.45
2003 168.03
2004 165.67
2005 163.37
2006 161.11

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production