Australia - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Australia was 332,560 as of 1974. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 334,448 in 1973 and a minimum value of 264,069 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 264,069
1962 271,060
1963 283,748
1964 295,502
1965 300,859
1966 314,670
1967 323,982
1968 323,596
1969 330,034
1970 326,725
1971 331,417
1972 333,046
1973 334,448
1974 332,560

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Australia was 225.04 as of 1974. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 225.04 in 1974, while its lowest value was 151.13 in 1968.

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 183.65
1962 174.70
1963 184.45
1964 181.33
1965 173.63
1966 167.51
1967 168.09
1968 151.13
1969 168.08
1970 176.67
1971 196.61
1972 195.37
1973 224.10
1974 225.04

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production