Samoa - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Samoa was 94.00 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 94.00 in 2002 and a minimum value of 8.00 in 1963.

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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 10.00
1962 10.00
1963 8.00
1964 9.00
1965 11.00
1966 15.00
1967 15.00
1968 16.00
1969 15.00
1970 15.00
1971 18.00
1972 20.00
1973 23.00
1974 20.00
1975 20.00
1976 20.00
1977 25.00
1978 30.00
1979 30.00
1980 30.00
1981 35.00
1982 40.00
1983 40.00
1984 40.00
1985 50.00
1986 60.00
1987 60.00
1988 70.00
1989 76.00
1990 76.00
1991 76.00
1992 76.00
1993 76.00
1994 76.00
1995 76.00
1996 76.00
1997 76.00
1998 76.00
1999 80.00
2000 84.00
2002 94.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Samoa was 72.31 as of 2002. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 72.31 in 2002, while its lowest value was 7.27 in 1963.

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 10.00
1962 9.09
1963 7.27
1964 8.18
1965 10.00
1966 13.64
1967 13.64
1968 13.33
1969 12.50
1970 12.00
1971 13.85
1972 15.38
1973 17.69
1974 15.38
1975 14.29
1976 13.33
1977 16.67
1978 20.00
1979 19.35
1980 18.75
1981 21.88
1982 25.00
1983 24.10
1984 23.53
1985 29.41
1986 34.48
1987 33.90
1988 38.89
1989 41.08
1990 40.00
1991 40.00
1992 44.71
1993 44.71
1994 44.71
1995 44.71
1996 44.71
1997 44.71
1998 44.71
1999 49.08
2000 60.00
2002 72.31

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production