Iraq - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Iraq was 72,775 as of 2001. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72,775 in 2001 and a minimum value of 3,300 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 3,300
1962 3,700
1963 4,500
1964 5,400
1965 6,500
1966 7,700
1967 8,922
1968 10,000
1969 12,000
1970 14,000
1971 15,000
1972 17,000
1973 18,000
1974 19,000
1975 20,222
1976 20,000
1977 20,000
1978 20,000
1979 20,058
1980 23,350
1981 26,600
1982 29,956
1983 35,552
1984 36,005
1985 38,000
1986 40,915
1987 40,000
1988 39,000
1989 38,186
1990 38,186
1991 38,186
1992 37,500
1993 37,161
1994 37,161
1995 49,640
1996 49,640
1997 49,600
1998 49,600
1999 49,600
2000 46,078
2001 72,775

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Iraq was 169.24 as of 2001. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 169.24 in 2001, while its lowest value was 7.17 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 7.17
1962 7.96
1963 9.57
1964 11.37
1965 13.54
1966 16.04
1967 18.40
1968 20.62
1969 24.74
1970 28.88
1971 30.94
1972 34.00
1973 36.00
1974 37.25
1975 39.65
1976 39.22
1977 39.22
1978 38.46
1979 38.21
1980 44.48
1981 50.67
1982 57.06
1983 67.72
1984 68.58
1985 72.38
1986 77.93
1987 76.19
1988 73.58
1989 76.37
1990 76.37
1991 70.71
1992 70.75
1993 66.36
1994 73.59
1995 103.42
1996 103.42
1997 112.73
1998 106.67
1999 109.01
2000 112.39
2001 169.24

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production