Ireland - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Ireland was 174,800 as of 2005. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 179,557 in 1997 and a minimum value of 45,500 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 45,500
1962 48,100
1963 51,500
1964 54,900
1965 60,167
1966 64,200
1967 66,400
1968 72,000
1969 77,700
1970 84,349
1971 89,900
1972 94,000
1973 98,300
1974 106,000
1975 114,217
1976 120,000
1977 125,000
1978 130,000
1979 135,000
1980 145,100
1981 148,000
1982 150,000
1983 152,000
1984 155,000
1985 158,000
1986 160,500
1987 163,000
1988 165,000
1989 167,000
1990 169,000
1991 171,000
1992 172,000
1993 173,000
1994 174,500
1995 176,500
1996 178,000
1997 179,557
1998 174,414
1999 169,123
2000 159,525
2001 160,920
2002 162,310
2003 163,700
2004 169,250
2005 174,800

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Ireland was 1,476.35 as of 2005. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 1,734.85 in 1997, while its lowest value was 286.16 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 286.16
1962 306.96
1963 329.92
1964 359.76
1965 403.26
1966 449.27
1967 466.29
1968 516.50
1969 562.64
1970 612.56
1971 659.57
1972 705.18
1973 766.17
1974 845.97
1975 925.58
1976 993.38
1977 1,056.64
1978 1,122.63
1979 1,191.53
1980 1,309.57
1981 1,366.57
1982 1,417.77
1983 1,494.59
1984 1,488.95
1985 1,535.47
1986 1,593.84
1987 1,663.27
1988 1,606.62
1989 1,587.45
1990 1,623.44
1991 1,661.81
1992 1,714.86
1993 1,691.11
1994 1,720.91
1995 1,713.59
1996 1,680.83
1997 1,734.85
1998 1,607.50
1999 1,571.78
2000 1,481.20
2001 1,354.55
2002 1,379.01
2003 1,384.94
2004 1,404.56
2005 1,476.35

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production