South Africa - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in South Africa was 63,200 as of 2004. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 175,557 in 1981 and a minimum value of 63,200 in 2004.

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 122,218
1962 126,923
1963 130,000
1964 133,552
1965 138,422
1966 142,000
1967 145,936
1968 147,884
1969 152,000
1970 156,000
1971 157,127
1972 161,052
1973 164,149
1974 166,305
1975 167,981
1976 173,570
1977 173,400
1978 173,133
1979 173,960
1980 172,725
1981 175,557
1982 173,000
1983 170,669
1984 170,000
1985 169,500
1986 169,000
1987 160,000
1988 155,000
1989 150,000
1990 145,000
1991 140,000
1992 131,000
1993 121,000
1994 125,885
1995 130,193
1996 115,000
1997 100,000
1998 88,000
1999 75,500
2000 72,300
2001 70,025
2002 67,750
2003 65,475
2004 63,200

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in South Africa was 47.52 as of 2004. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 141.58 in 1981, while its lowest value was 47.52 in 2004.

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 101.85
1962 105.33
1963 107.44
1964 109.92
1965 113.46
1966 116.11
1967 119.13
1968 120.33
1969 123.28
1970 126.11
1971 126.61
1972 129.36
1973 131.42
1974 132.73
1975 133.64
1976 137.62
1977 137.95
1978 138.17
1979 139.39
1980 138.85
1981 141.58
1982 140.02
1983 138.14
1984 137.60
1985 137.19
1986 134.13
1987 127.49
1988 123.02
1989 118.11
1990 113.28
1991 108.53
1992 99.52
1993 90.12
1994 93.59
1995 96.44
1996 84.25
1997 72.99
1998 64.23
1999 54.87
2000 52.35
2001 51.17
2002 49.45
2003 48.14
2004 47.52

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production