Switzerland - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Switzerland was 106,200 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 114,386 in 1990 and a minimum value of 53,600 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 53,600
1962 55,700
1963 57,800
1964 59,900
1965 62,159
1966 64,600
1967 67,000
1968 69,400
1969 71,909
1970 74,100
1971 76,300
1972 78,500
1973 80,700
1974 82,900
1975 85,078
1976 87,300
1977 89,500
1978 91,700
1979 93,900
1980 96,112
1981 97,900
1982 99,700
1983 101,500
1984 103,300
1985 104,994
1986 106,900
1987 108,800
1988 110,700
1989 112,600
1990 114,386
1991 114,000
1992 113,600
1993 113,200
1994 112,800
1995 112,400
1996 112,008
1997 111,400
1998 110,800
1999 110,200
2000 109,600
2001 109,000
2002 108,400
2003 107,828
2004 107,400
2005 107,000
2006 106,600
2007 106,200

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Switzerland was 2,612 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 2,833 in 1990, while its lowest value was 1,353 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 1,353
1962 1,401
1963 1,490
1964 1,561
1965 1,646
1966 1,741
1967 1,844
1968 1,929
1969 1,997
1970 2,082
1971 2,138
1972 2,163
1973 2,224
1974 2,269
1975 2,306
1976 2,363
1977 2,420
1978 2,443
1979 2,491
1980 2,522
1981 2,546
1982 2,564
1983 2,573
1984 2,567
1985 2,592
1986 2,645
1987 2,729
1988 2,752
1989 2,756
1990 2,833
1991 2,798
1992 2,797
1993 2,762
1994 2,691
1995 2,662
1996 2,661
1997 2,681
1998 2,681
1999 2,684
2000 2,681
2001 2,662
2002 2,655
2003 2,650
2004 2,642
2005 2,634
2006 2,619
2007 2,612

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production