Iceland - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Iceland was 11,432 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 48 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,000 in 1984 and a minimum value of 6,177 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 6,177
1962 6,479
1963 7,187
1964 7,340
1965 7,940
1966 8,640
1967 9,340
1968 9,840
1969 9,860
1970 9,882
1971 10,200
1972 10,500
1973 10,800
1974 11,100
1975 11,400
1976 11,700
1977 12,000
1978 12,300
1979 12,700
1980 13,200
1981 13,500
1982 13,800
1983 14,000
1984 14,000
1985 13,200
1986 13,200
1987 13,000
1988 12,000
1989 11,400
1990 11,467
1991 11,147
1992 10,852
1993 10,515
1994 10,434
1995 10,519
1996 10,000
1997 9,500
1998 8,925
1999 9,051
2000 9,019
2001 9,019
2002 10,900
2003 10,789
2004 10,750
2005 10,928
2006 11,144
2007 11,403
2008 11,525
2009 11,432

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Iceland was 921.94 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 1,044.78 in 1984, while its lowest value was 514.75 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 514.75
1962 539.92
1963 598.92
1964 611.67
1965 661.67
1966 720.00
1967 778.33
1968 820.00
1969 821.67
1970 816.69
1971 836.07
1972 853.66
1973 870.97
1974 888.00
1975 904.76
1976 921.26
1977 930.23
1978 946.15
1979 969.47
1980 992.48
1981 1,015.04
1982 1,029.85
1983 1,044.78
1984 1,044.78
1985 985.07
1986 977.78
1987 962.96
1988 888.89
1989 844.44
1990 843.16
1991 819.63
1992 797.94
1993 778.89
1994 772.89
1995 779.19
1996 746.27
1997 714.29
1998 686.54
1999 701.63
2000 699.15
2001 699.15
2002 844.96
2003 836.36
2004 833.33
2005 847.13
2006 863.88
2007 912.24
2008 922.00
2009 921.94

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production