Nicaragua - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Nicaragua was 2,700.00 as of 1997. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,700.00 in 1997 and a minimum value of 130.00 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.

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Year Value
1961 130.00
1962 150.00
1963 180.00
1964 200.00
1965 250.00
1966 300.00
1967 350.00
1968 400.00
1969 450.00
1970 500.00
1971 550.00
1972 600.00
1973 650.00
1974 768.00
1975 1,058.00
1976 1,316.00
1977 1,636.00
1978 1,900.00
1979 2,100.00
1980 2,200.00
1981 2,250.00
1982 2,300.00
1983 2,350.00
1984 2,400.00
1985 2,430.00
1986 2,450.00
1987 2,480.00
1988 2,500.00
1989 2,550.00
1990 2,600.00
1991 2,650.00
1992 2,700.00
1993 2,700.00
1994 2,700.00
1995 2,700.00
1996 2,700.00
1997 2,700.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Nicaragua was 15.43 as of 1997. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 20.56 in 1980, while its lowest value was 1.26 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 1.26
1962 1.46
1963 1.75
1964 1.94
1965 2.43
1966 2.88
1967 3.37
1968 3.85
1969 4.33
1970 4.81
1971 5.29
1972 5.77
1973 6.19
1974 7.25
1975 9.98
1976 12.42
1977 15.43
1978 17.84
1979 19.64
1980 20.56
1981 19.57
1982 20.00
1983 20.43
1984 20.00
1985 19.92
1986 20.08
1987 19.84
1988 19.53
1989 19.62
1990 20.00
1991 20.38
1992 20.45
1993 20.00
1994 20.00
1995 16.36
1996 16.36
1997 15.43

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production