Benin - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Benin was 182.00 as of 1998. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 182.00 in 1998 and a minimum value of 64.00 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.

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Year Value
1961 64.00
1962 64.00
1963 64.00
1964 66.00
1965 66.00
1966 70.00
1967 72.00
1968 74.00
1969 76.00
1970 78.00
1971 80.00
1972 82.00
1973 84.00
1974 86.00
1975 88.00
1976 92.00
1977 94.00
1978 98.00
1979 100.00
1980 105.00
1981 108.00
1982 115.00
1983 120.00
1984 125.00
1985 130.00
1986 135.00
1987 140.00
1988 145.00
1989 150.00
1990 155.00
1991 158.00
1992 162.00
1993 165.00
1994 169.00
1995 172.00
1996 175.00
1997 178.00
1998 182.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Benin was 0.809 as of 1998. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 1.000 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.640 in 1971.

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 0.696
1962 0.681
1963 0.667
1964 0.673
1965 0.660
1966 0.680
1967 0.673
1968 0.673
1969 0.644
1970 0.650
1971 0.640
1972 0.641
1973 0.646
1974 0.647
1975 0.642
1976 0.657
1977 0.657
1978 0.676
1979 0.680
1980 0.700
1981 0.706
1982 0.742
1983 0.769
1984 0.796
1985 0.823
1986 0.849
1987 0.875
1988 0.901
1989 0.926
1990 0.960
1991 0.975
1992 0.994
1993 1.000
1994 0.994
1995 0.961
1996 0.897
1997 0.848
1998 0.809

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production