Bangladesh - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Bangladesh was 3,000.00 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,500.00 in 1980 and a minimum value of 450.00 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 750.00
1962 800.00
1963 850.00
1964 900.00
1965 950.00
1966 1,000.00
1967 1,100.00
1968 1,300.00
1969 1,500.00
1970 2,072.00
1971 2,270.00
1972 2,470.00
1973 2,660.00
1974 2,860.00
1975 3,050.00
1976 3,250.00
1977 3,454.00
1978 3,500.00
1979 3,500.00
1980 3,500.00
1981 3,350.00
1982 3,200.00
1983 3,075.00
1984 2,950.00
1985 2,800.00
1986 2,700.00
1987 2,580.00
1988 2,450.00
1989 2,300.00
1990 2,180.00
1991 2,050.00
1992 1,925.00
1993 1,800.00
1994 1,675.00
1995 1,550.00
1996 1,400.00
1997 1,300.00
1998 1,200.00
1999 1,080.00
2000 1,000.00
2001 900.00
2002 800.00
2003 700.00
2004 450.00
2005 1,555.00
2006 3,000.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Bangladesh was 3.81 as of 2006. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 3.84 in 1979, while its lowest value was 0.55 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 0.87
1962 0.93
1963 0.99
1964 1.04
1965 1.08
1966 1.14
1967 1.24
1968 1.47
1969 1.70
1970 2.34
1971 2.57
1972 2.70
1973 2.91
1974 3.13
1975 3.34
1976 3.56
1977 3.78
1978 3.84
1979 3.84
1980 3.84
1981 3.68
1982 3.51
1983 3.38
1984 3.21
1985 3.06
1986 2.95
1987 2.79
1988 2.57
1989 2.41
1990 2.31
1991 2.18
1992 2.24
1993 2.12
1994 1.99
1995 1.84
1996 1.68
1997 1.55
1998 1.42
1999 1.28
2000 1.20
2001 1.08
2002 0.97
2003 0.85
2004 0.55
2005 1.97
2006 3.81

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production