Mauritania - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Mauritania was 390.00 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 390.00 in 2006 and a minimum value of 10.00 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 10.00
1962 15.00
1963 18.00
1964 20.00
1965 25.00
1966 30.00
1967 40.00
1968 60.00
1969 80.00
1970 100.00
1971 120.00
1972 140.00
1973 160.00
1974 180.00
1975 200.00
1976 220.00
1977 240.00
1978 260.00
1979 270.00
1980 270.00
1981 312.00
1982 312.00
1983 312.00
1984 312.00
1985 320.00
1986 330.00
1987 330.00
1988 330.00
1989 335.00
1990 335.00
1991 337.00
1992 335.00
1993 335.00
1994 330.00
1995 330.00
1996 330.00
1997 380.00
1998 380.00
1999 380.00
2000 380.00
2001 380.00
2002 380.00
2003 380.00
2004 380.00
2005 380.00
2006 390.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Mauritania was 9.75 as of 2006. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 13.85 in 1979, while its lowest value was 0.37 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 0.37
1962 0.56
1963 0.67
1964 0.75
1965 0.94
1966 1.13
1967 1.50
1968 2.24
1969 2.88
1970 3.60
1971 5.02
1972 5.86
1973 7.08
1974 9.18
1975 10.42
1976 11.28
1977 12.24
1978 13.54
1979 13.85
1980 12.86
1981 13.57
1982 12.48
1983 11.56
1984 11.14
1985 10.67
1986 10.31
1987 9.71
1988 9.17
1989 8.82
1990 8.38
1991 8.22
1992 7.98
1993 7.77
1994 7.02
1995 6.63
1996 6.76
1997 7.79
1998 7.79
1999 7.79
2000 7.79
2001 8.44
2002 9.50
2003 9.50
2004 9.50
2005 9.50
2006 9.75

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production