IBRD only - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in IBRD only was 8,983,301 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,626,651 in 2000 and a minimum value of 871,623 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 871,623
1962 940,438
1963 1,020,282
1964 1,098,318
1965 1,181,828
1966 1,281,925
1967 1,389,832
1968 1,502,415
1969 1,618,138
1970 1,647,471
1971 1,793,947
1972 1,942,706
1973 2,116,615
1974 2,306,016
1975 2,594,168
1976 2,802,673
1977 3,047,375
1978 3,324,055
1979 3,660,369
1980 3,900,438
1981 4,194,209
1982 4,382,365
1983 4,566,117
1984 4,805,302
1985 5,114,021
1986 5,367,602
1987 5,586,115
1988 5,767,746
1989 6,016,568
1990 6,155,455
1991 6,269,418
1992 8,772,395
1993 8,785,421
1994 8,908,792
1995 8,928,233
1996 8,912,259
1997 9,053,402
1998 9,125,369
1999 9,314,582
2000 9,626,651
2001 8,744,833
2002 8,983,301

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in IBRD only was 130.60 as of 2000. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 130.60 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.71 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 17.71
1962 19.03
1963 20.53
1964 22.03
1965 23.63
1966 25.52
1967 27.56
1968 29.65
1969 31.74
1970 32.34
1971 35.18
1972 38.13
1973 41.28
1974 44.79
1975 50.36
1976 54.03
1977 58.36
1978 63.59
1979 69.47
1980 74.10
1981 79.27
1982 81.75
1992 113.13
1993 113.97
1994 116.49
1995 117.21
1996 118.22
1997 120.03
1998 121.56
1999 124.21
2000 130.60

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production