Eritrea - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Eritrea was 463.00 as of 2000. As the graph below shows, over the past 7 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 613.00 in 1998 and a minimum value of 250.00 in 1993.

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
1993 250.00
1994 270.00
1995 300.00
1996 331.00
1997 440.00
1998 613.00
1999 560.00
2000 463.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Eritrea was 8.27 as of 2000. Its highest value over the past 7 years was 12.31 in 1998, while its lowest value was 5.02 in 1993.

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
1993 5.02
1994 6.18
1995 6.85
1996 8.97
1997 11.25
1998 12.31
1999 11.24
2000 8.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production