Euro area - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Euro area was 3,845,635 as of 2005. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,603,989 in 1993 and a minimum value of 2,524,044 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 2,524,044
1962 2,752,021
1963 2,995,848
1964 3,238,661
1965 3,450,561
1966 3,679,555
1967 3,884,616
1968 4,095,265
1969 4,301,841
1970 4,432,797
1971 4,619,683
1972 4,759,359
1973 4,886,992
1974 5,008,998
1975 5,143,357
1976 5,270,227
1977 5,415,326
1978 5,547,042
1979 5,696,063
1980 5,891,292
1981 5,990,402
1982 6,092,679
1983 6,186,929
1984 6,249,393
1985 6,312,156
1986 6,389,984
1987 6,457,094
1988 6,537,778
1989 6,563,569
1990 6,555,235
1991 6,507,129
1992 6,559,522
1993 6,603,989
1994 6,582,360
1995 6,572,323
1996 6,571,163
1997 6,530,790
1998 6,522,149
1999 6,512,397
2000 6,498,713
2001 5,584,482
2002 5,651,097
2003 3,866,603
2004 3,855,765
2005 3,845,635

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Euro area was 814.62 as of 2005. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 1,019.86 in 2002, while its lowest value was 338.69 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 338.69
1962 369.84
1963 403.44
1964 441.13
1965 472.34
1966 510.66
1967 541.66
1968 575.96
1969 605.05
1970 631.48
1971 680.24
1972 703.86
1973 727.89
1974 746.29
1975 768.27
1976 790.90
1977 812.64
1978 829.46
1979 852.80
1980 885.20
1981 899.96
1982 915.05
1983 935.72
1984 942.37
1985 952.94
1986 963.64
1987 973.02
1988 990.20
1989 994.99
1990 995.57
1991 997.15
1992 925.78
1993 914.30
1994 917.39
1995 935.46
1996 930.17
1997 928.67
1998 933.19
1999 934.07
2000 934.73
2001 1,003.22
2002 1,019.86
2003 823.70
2004 819.45
2005 814.62

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production