Niger - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Niger was 130.00 as of 1998. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 174.00 in 1989 and a minimum value of 5.00 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 5.00
1962 6.00
1963 7.00
1964 9.00
1965 11.00
1966 11.00
1967 12.00
1968 14.00
1969 14.00
1970 47.00
1971 60.00
1972 61.00
1973 62.00
1974 65.00
1975 68.00
1976 74.00
1977 75.00
1978 75.00
1979 75.00
1980 96.00
1981 105.00
1982 121.00
1983 128.00
1984 140.00
1985 150.00
1986 158.00
1987 158.00
1988 162.00
1989 174.00
1990 170.00
1991 165.00
1992 160.00
1993 155.00
1994 150.00
1995 145.00
1996 140.00
1997 135.00
1998 130.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Niger was 0.093 as of 1998. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 0.181 in 1989, while its lowest value was 0.004 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 0.004
1962 0.005
1963 0.006
1964 0.008
1965 0.010
1966 0.010
1967 0.010
1968 0.011
1969 0.012
1970 0.042
1971 0.053
1972 0.055
1973 0.057
1974 0.066
1975 0.070
1976 0.076
1977 0.077
1978 0.077
1979 0.075
1980 0.094
1981 0.107
1982 0.123
1983 0.128
1984 0.143
1985 0.154
1986 0.162
1987 0.166
1988 0.171
1989 0.181
1990 0.154
1991 0.136
1992 0.123
1993 0.119
1994 0.116
1995 0.104
1996 0.100
1997 0.097
1998 0.093

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production