New Zealand - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in New Zealand was 81,441 as of 1986. As the graph below shows, over the past 25 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 100,434 in 1982 and a minimum value of 81,441 in 1986.

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 84,156
1962 85,002
1963 86,427
1964 89,421
1965 90,985
1966 91,669
1967 93,688
1968 95,420
1969 95,500
1970 96,666
1971 96,300
1972 96,000
1973 95,600
1974 95,289
1975 93,500
1976 92,000
1977 90,152
1978 88,500
1979 87,000
1980 92,349
1981 96,000
1982 100,434
1983 85,926
1984 84,400
1985 82,900
1986 81,441

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in New Zealand was 315.05 as of 1986. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 394.32 in 1982, while its lowest value was 280.52 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 280.52
1962 284.29
1963 289.54
1964 300.07
1965 305.32
1966 308.13
1967 314.92
1968 321.28
1969 321.55
1970 326.02
1971 325.34
1972 325.31
1973 328.30
1974 329.83
1975 331.68
1976 333.21
1977 329.50
1978 327.54
1979 326.94
1980 353.02
1981 375.00
1982 394.32
1983 332.40
1984 329.43
1985 328.71
1986 315.05

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production