Middle income - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Middle income was 8,094,241 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,793,373 in 2000 and a minimum value of 793,240 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 793,240
1962 855,976
1963 926,195
1964 994,183
1965 1,055,352
1966 1,155,519
1967 1,254,726
1968 1,351,661
1969 1,465,500
1970 1,480,177
1971 1,607,156
1972 1,728,219
1973 1,863,622
1974 2,013,508
1975 2,265,581
1976 2,446,093
1977 2,679,669
1978 2,961,285
1979 3,257,350
1980 3,462,609
1981 3,717,144
1982 3,875,661
1983 4,031,882
1984 4,241,417
1985 4,434,827
1986 4,647,989
1987 4,833,905
1988 4,982,444
1989 5,208,401
1990 5,340,474
1991 5,464,280
1992 8,042,563
1993 8,059,406
1994 8,017,393
1995 8,074,615
1996 8,086,747
1997 8,229,941
1998 8,295,377
1999 8,505,268
2000 8,793,373
2002 8,094,241

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Middle income was 104.60 as of 2000. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 104.60 in 2000, while its lowest value was 13.74 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 13.74
1962 14.75
1963 15.79
1964 16.85
1965 17.73
1966 19.41
1967 20.91
1968 22.42
1969 24.02
1970 24.32
1971 26.49
1972 28.66
1973 30.45
1974 33.03
1975 37.18
1976 39.89
1977 43.83
1978 48.19
1979 52.75
1980 55.82
1981 60.01
1982 61.61
1983 63.71
1984 65.43
1985 66.96
1986 69.75
1987 72.19
1988 74.78
1989 77.97
1990 79.96
1991 81.53
1992 91.56
1993 92.11
1994 92.12
1995 92.80
1996 93.75
1997 95.23
1998 96.96
1999 99.60
2000 104.60

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production