France - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in France was 1,176,425 as of 2005. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,495,000 in 1983 and a minimum value of 743,400 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 743,400
1962 804,438
1963 867,676
1964 952,718
1965 996,422
1966 1,051,173
1967 1,106,713
1968 1,178,657
1969 1,209,013
1970 1,230,200
1971 1,277,800
1972 1,307,100
1973 1,321,000
1974 1,337,200
1975 1,363,054
1976 1,372,400
1977 1,399,464
1978 1,413,000
1979 1,424,500
1980 1,473,600
1981 1,484,600
1982 1,493,600
1983 1,495,000
1984 1,491,400
1985 1,491,200
1986 1,484,900
1987 1,481,100
1988 1,475,400
1989 1,458,000
1990 1,440,000
1991 1,410,000
1992 1,390,000
1993 1,360,000
1994 1,330,000
1995 1,311,700
1996 1,290,000
1997 1,279,000
1998 1,274,000
1999 1,269,000
2000 1,264,000
2001 1,264,000
2002 1,264,000
2003 1,234,650
2004 1,205,300
2005 1,176,425

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in France was 640.14 as of 2005. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 847.08 in 1981, while its lowest value was 379.17 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 379.17
1962 411.90
1963 445.99
1964 499.38
1965 530.12
1966 569.34
1967 612.26
1968 670.49
1969 688.31
1970 706.32
1971 749.18
1972 767.66
1973 772.70
1974 773.93
1975 786.39
1976 801.12
1977 810.58
1978 814.27
1979 818.63
1980 843.41
1981 847.08
1982 846.18
1983 846.11
1984 837.44
1985 832.00
1986 825.04
1987 815.27
1988 828.27
1989 823.27
1990 809.68
1991 790.74
1992 778.85
1993 754.14
1994 734.96
1995 721.78
1996 708.60
1997 700.05
1998 695.49
1999 691.44
2000 688.66
2001 688.98
2002 688.02
2003 672.66
2004 656.20
2005 640.14

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production