Portugal - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Portugal was 176,394 as of 2005. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 176,394 in 2005 and a minimum value of 10,748 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 10,748
1962 11,806
1963 12,891
1964 14,086
1965 15,535
1966 17,843
1967 19,076
1968 21,656
1969 26,900
1970 32,200
1971 37,500
1972 42,800
1973 48,100
1974 53,300
1975 58,600
1976 63,900
1977 69,200
1978 74,400
1979 79,700
1980 85,000
1981 90,300
1982 95,600
1983 100,800
1984 106,100
1985 111,400
1986 116,700
1987 122,000
1988 127,200
1989 132,548
1990 132,000
1991 131,473
1992 131,000
1993 146,589
1994 148,000
1995 150,087
1996 152,000
1997 154,393
1998 160,000
1999 168,495
2000 169,810
2001 171,130
2002 172,450
2003 173,800
2004 175,150
2005 176,394

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Portugal was 1,351.20 as of 2005. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 1,351.20 in 2005, while its lowest value was 42.87 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 42.87
1962 47.17
1963 51.58
1964 56.46
1965 62.36
1966 71.75
1967 76.83
1968 87.36
1969 108.69
1970 130.31
1971 152.01
1972 173.77
1973 195.69
1974 217.29
1975 239.38
1976 261.56
1977 283.84
1978 305.80
1979 328.25
1980 350.80
1981 373.45
1982 396.19
1983 418.60
1984 441.53
1985 464.55
1986 487.67
1987 510.89
1988 533.78
1989 557.39
1990 563.14
1991 569.39
1992 575.82
1993 654.42
1994 672.73
1995 697.11
1996 760.00
1997 820.37
1998 889.63
1999 982.48
2000 970.19
2001 1,050.81
2002 1,054.00
2003 1,118.10
2004 1,181.27
2005 1,351.20

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production