Nigeria - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Nigeria was 24,800.00 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 24,800.00 in 2007 and a minimum value of 500.00 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 500.00
1962 550.00
1963 600.00
1964 650.00
1965 1,000.00
1966 1,300.00
1967 1,600.00
1968 1,800.00
1969 2,350.00
1970 2,900.00
1971 3,450.00
1972 4,000.00
1973 4,550.00
1974 5,100.00
1975 5,650.00
1976 6,200.00
1977 6,750.00
1978 7,300.00
1979 7,850.00
1980 8,400.00
1981 8,950.00
1982 9,500.00
1983 10,050.00
1984 10,600.00
1985 11,150.00
1986 11,700.00
1987 12,250.00
1988 12,800.00
1989 13,350.00
1990 13,900.00
1991 14,450.00
1992 15,000.00
1993 15,550.00
1994 16,100.00
1995 16,650.00
1996 17,200.00
1997 17,750.00
1998 18,300.00
1999 18,850.00
2000 19,400.00
2001 20,006.00
2002 21,000.00
2003 22,000.00
2004 23,000.00
2005 23,000.00
2006 23,999.00
2007 24,800.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Nigeria was 6.70 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 6.70 in 2007, while its lowest value was 0.21 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 0.21
1962 0.23
1963 0.23
1964 0.24
1965 0.34
1966 0.48
1967 0.55
1968 0.62
1969 0.68
1970 0.91
1971 1.14
1972 1.54
1973 1.46
1974 1.89
1975 2.17
1976 2.38
1977 3.27
1978 3.87
1979 4.43
1980 4.29
1981 5.44
1982 5.45
1983 5.74
1984 5.05
1985 4.85
1986 4.20
1987 4.39
1988 4.55
1989 4.75
1990 4.93
1991 4.82
1992 4.98
1993 5.17
1994 5.19
1995 5.06
1996 5.20
1997 5.35
1998 5.38
1999 5.39
2000 5.54
2001 6.06
2002 6.18
2003 6.29
2004 6.57
2005 6.39
2006 6.52
2007 6.70

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production