South Asia - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in South Asia was 472,552 as of 2006. As the graph below shows, over the past 45 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,926,249 in 2003 and a minimum value of 42,202 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 42,202
1962 47,888
1963 54,370
1964 59,326
1965 64,156
1966 73,965
1967 90,220
1968 106,810
1969 123,769
1970 137,916
1971 185,446
1972 219,483
1973 233,973
1974 256,421
1975 284,483
1976 320,670
1977 377,778
1978 433,298
1979 489,704
1980 503,006
1981 551,059
1982 603,638
1983 648,248
1984 716,785
1985 770,154
1986 833,402
1987 903,898
1988 979,553
1989 1,176,325
1990 1,261,148
1991 1,342,687
1992 1,429,365
1993 1,475,183
1994 1,524,766
1995 1,676,316
1996 1,841,033
1997 2,001,870
1998 2,162,122
1999 2,321,905
2000 2,445,122
2001 2,606,974
2002 2,766,222
2003 2,926,249
2004 431,321
2005 451,486
2006 472,552

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in South Asia was 97.62 as of 2006. Its highest value over the past 45 years was 139.73 in 2003, while its lowest value was 2.06 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 2.06
1962 2.32
1963 2.62
1964 2.85
1965 3.06
1966 3.52
1967 4.27
1968 5.05
1969 5.90
1970 6.54
1971 8.85
1972 10.43
1973 11.02
1974 12.09
1975 13.37
1976 15.08
1977 17.74
1978 20.18
1979 22.81
1980 23.38
1981 25.72
1982 27.88
1983 30.42
1984 33.30
1985 35.86
1986 39.11
1987 42.23
1988 46.06
1989 55.02
1990 59.20
1991 63.11
1992 67.55
1993 69.71
1994 72.14
1995 79.48
1996 87.64
1997 94.78
1998 102.35
1999 110.21
2000 116.18
2001 124.10
2002 131.71
2003 139.73
2004 88.52
2005 93.41
2006 97.62

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production