Colombia - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Colombia was 21,000 as of 1997. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 34,232 in 1987 and a minimum value of 18,241 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 18,241
1962 19,251
1963 20,380
1964 20,125
1965 20,535
1966 20,800
1967 21,147
1968 21,542
1969 22,157
1970 22,713
1971 23,469
1972 24,051
1973 23,800
1974 23,753
1975 24,187
1976 24,621
1977 25,594
1978 26,500
1979 27,500
1980 28,423
1981 29,500
1982 31,000
1983 32,000
1984 33,066
1985 33,450
1986 33,757
1987 34,232
1988 34,200
1989 33,000
1990 32,000
1991 31,000
1992 29,000
1993 27,000
1994 25,000
1995 23,000
1996 21,000
1997 21,000

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Colombia was 82.71 as of 1997. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 102.04 in 1991, while its lowest value was 51.64 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.

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Year Value
1961 51.64
1962 54.50
1963 57.41
1964 56.69
1965 57.68
1966 58.26
1967 59.24
1968 60.34
1969 62.03
1970 63.59
1971 65.68
1972 67.03
1973 66.04
1974 65.63
1975 66.54
1976 67.45
1977 69.81
1978 71.99
1979 74.38
1980 76.57
1981 79.13
1982 82.82
1983 85.13
1984 87.62
1985 88.26
1986 88.72
1987 89.52
1988 93.98
1989 95.05
1990 96.82
1991 102.04
1992 94.46
1993 92.37
1994 88.28
1995 95.87
1996 86.31
1997 82.71

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production