Israel - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Israel was 21,280 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28,662 in 1987 and a minimum value of 7,485 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 7,485
1962 8,505
1963 9,300
1964 10,190
1965 10,470
1966 11,430
1967 12,395
1968 13,765
1969 15,505
1970 16,360
1971 16,005
1972 16,655
1973 17,830
1974 19,535
1975 19,250
1976 21,100
1977 22,850
1978 24,300
1979 25,600
1980 26,800
1981 26,500
1982 26,800
1983 27,475
1984 26,870
1985 26,254
1986 28,248
1987 28,662
1988 28,444
1989 28,400
1990 27,400
1991 25,920
1992 25,790
1993 25,500
1994 25,300
1995 24,900
1996 24,620
1997 24,345
1998 24,065
1999 23,785
2000 23,500
2001 23,230
2002 22,950
2003 22,670
2004 22,395
2005 22,115
2006 21,850
2007 21,560
2008 21,280

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Israel was 710.04 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 872.22 in 1983, while its lowest value was 235.38 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 235.38
1962 275.24
1963 290.63
1964 316.46
1965 335.58
1966 354.97
1967 383.75
1968 427.48
1969 483.02
1970 503.38
1971 490.95
1972 512.46
1973 533.83
1974 576.25
1975 572.92
1976 649.23
1977 703.08
1978 747.69
1979 787.69
1980 824.62
1981 815.38
1982 824.62
1983 872.22
1984 819.21
1985 802.87
1986 835.74
1987 845.49
1988 839.06
1989 840.24
1990 798.83
1991 746.97
1992 743.23
1993 734.87
1994 724.93
1995 721.74
1996 732.74
1997 724.55
1998 718.36
1999 714.26
2000 695.27
2001 679.24
2002 657.59
2003 678.74
2004 720.10
2005 711.09
2006 721.12
2007 705.04
2008 710.04

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production