India - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in India was 2,532,900 as of 2003. As the graph below shows, over the past 42 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,532,900 in 2003 and a minimum value of 31,016 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 31,016
1962 35,000
1963 40,000
1964 44,000
1965 48,000
1966 54,012
1967 66,000
1968 78,000
1969 90,000
1970 100,000
1971 143,000
1972 170,000
1973 184,293
1974 203,351
1975 227,668
1976 250,884
1977 294,313
1978 334,138
1979 378,714
1980 382,869
1981 417,769
1982 461,567
1983 502,581
1984 553,555
1985 607,773
1986 648,932
1987 697,568
1988 750,935
1989 925,365
1990 988,070
1991 1,063,012
1992 1,136,160
1993 1,195,013
1994 1,257,630
1995 1,354,864
1996 1,502,000
1997 1,650,000
1998 1,797,000
1999 1,944,000
2000 2,091,000
2001 2,238,000
2002 2,385,000
2003 2,532,900

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in India was 158.51 as of 2003. Its highest value over the past 42 years was 158.51 in 2003, while its lowest value was 1.99 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 1.99
1962 2.23
1963 2.54
1964 2.79
1965 3.03
1966 3.41
1967 4.13
1968 4.87
1969 5.63
1970 6.23
1971 8.95
1972 10.61
1973 11.44
1974 12.59
1975 14.07
1976 15.48
1977 18.16
1978 20.47
1979 23.17
1980 23.51
1981 25.64
1982 28.27
1983 30.88
1984 33.83
1985 37.16
1986 39.71
1987 42.74
1988 46.11
1989 56.61
1990 60.45
1991 65.14
1992 69.83
1993 73.50
1994 77.38
1995 83.68
1996 93.28
1997 102.10
1998 111.33
1999 120.76
2000 129.93
2001 139.59
2002 148.66
2003 158.51

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production