European Union - Agricultural machinery
Agricultural machinery, tractors
The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in European Union was 5,972,621 as of 2005. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,598,727 in 1995 and a minimum value of 2,996,551 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 | 2,996,551 |
| 1962 | 3,262,727 |
| 1963 | 3,559,050 |
| 1964 | 3,846,038 |
| 1965 | 4,100,197 |
| 1966 | 4,359,269 |
| 1967 | 4,583,738 |
| 1968 | 4,820,471 |
| 1969 | 5,064,934 |
| 1970 | 5,240,821 |
| 1971 | 5,459,080 |
| 1972 | 5,631,435 |
| 1973 | 5,807,522 |
| 1974 | 5,982,798 |
| 1975 | 6,162,936 |
| 1976 | 6,330,228 |
| 1977 | 6,532,610 |
| 1978 | 6,699,649 |
| 1979 | 6,904,210 |
| 1980 | 7,145,083 |
| 1981 | 7,302,503 |
| 1982 | 7,458,432 |
| 1983 | 7,589,065 |
| 1984 | 7,697,914 |
| 1985 | 7,882,998 |
| 1986 | 8,025,224 |
| 1987 | 8,136,549 |
| 1988 | 8,255,359 |
| 1989 | 8,311,862 |
| 1990 | 8,308,447 |
| 1991 | 8,288,677 |
| 1992 | 8,346,057 |
| 1993 | 8,460,115 |
| 1994 | 8,591,277 |
| 1995 | 8,598,727 |
| 1996 | 8,570,588 |
| 1997 | 8,536,634 |
| 1998 | 8,517,635 |
| 1999 | 8,497,994 |
| 2000 | 8,500,718 |
| 2001 | 7,586,884 |
| 2002 | 7,713,934 |
| 2003 | 5,927,009 |
| 2004 | 5,908,292 |
| 2005 | 5,972,621 |
Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land
Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in European Union was 708.10 as of 2005. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 813.73 in 2002, while its lowest value was 258.05 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 | 258.05 |
| 1962 | 281.84 |
| 1963 | 308.91 |
| 1964 | 336.43 |
| 1965 | 361.08 |
| 1966 | 387.58 |
| 1967 | 409.45 |
| 1968 | 433.31 |
| 1969 | 456.05 |
| 1970 | 476.16 |
| 1971 | 507.20 |
| 1972 | 525.53 |
| 1973 | 545.00 |
| 1974 | 561.93 |
| 1975 | 580.28 |
| 1976 | 597.96 |
| 1977 | 617.49 |
| 1978 | 632.05 |
| 1979 | 652.46 |
| 1980 | 677.41 |
| 1981 | 693.02 |
| 1982 | 707.97 |
| 1983 | 723.74 |
| 1984 | 732.01 |
| 1985 | 750.05 |
| 1986 | 763.15 |
| 1987 | 773.01 |
| 1988 | 786.87 |
| 1989 | 798.20 |
| 1990 | 798.93 |
| 1991 | 802.43 |
| 1992 | 759.75 |
| 1993 | 739.58 |
| 1994 | 755.59 |
| 1995 | 766.99 |
| 1996 | 762.69 |
| 1997 | 760.92 |
| 1998 | 766.49 |
| 1999 | 766.42 |
| 2000 | 772.12 |
| 2001 | 792.23 |
| 2002 | 813.73 |
| 2003 | 697.45 |
| 2004 | 698.13 |
| 2005 | 708.10 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Agricultural production
