Puerto Rico - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Puerto Rico was 3,255 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,350 in 1972 and a minimum value of 2,552 in 1992.

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 2,650
1962 2,780
1963 2,980
1964 3,225
1965 3,430
1966 3,770
1967 3,950
1968 3,835
1969 4,000
1970 4,117
1971 4,287
1972 4,350
1973 4,300
1974 4,250
1975 4,200
1976 4,150
1977 4,100
1978 3,980
1979 3,839
1980 3,666
1981 3,556
1982 3,427
1983 3,112
1984 3,100
1985 3,080
1986 3,050
1987 3,000
1988 3,027
1989 3,000
1990 2,850
1991 2,780
1992 2,552
1993 2,612
1994 2,672
1995 2,732
1996 2,792
1997 2,852
1998 2,971
1999 2,981
2000 2,992
2001 3,002
2002 3,023
2003 3,069
2004 3,115
2005 3,161
2006 3,207
2007 3,255

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Puerto Rico was 882.11 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 882.11 in 2007, while its lowest value was 118.30 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 118.30
1962 130.52
1963 140.57
1964 168.85
1965 159.53
1966 201.60
1967 232.35
1968 233.84
1969 240.96
1970 270.86
1971 329.77
1972 378.26
1973 452.63
1974 447.37
1975 446.81
1976 441.49
1977 427.08
1978 406.12
1979 395.77
1980 495.41
1981 522.94
1982 511.49
1983 486.25
1984 469.70
1985 488.89
1986 476.56
1987 476.19
1988 393.12
1989 428.57
1990 438.46
1991 505.45
1992 490.77
1993 816.25
1994 809.70
1995 827.88
1996 846.06
1997 770.81
1998 576.89
1999 545.97
2000 501.17
2001 462.56
2002 444.56
2003 501.47
2004 562.27
2005 624.70
2006 732.19
2007 882.11

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production