Tunisia - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Tunisia was 40,438 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 40,647 in 2007 and a minimum value of 10,300 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 10,300
1962 10,654
1963 11,594
1964 12,429
1965 14,000
1966 16,000
1967 18,131
1968 19,000
1969 20,000
1970 21,000
1971 22,000
1972 23,500
1973 23,500
1974 23,800
1975 24,200
1976 24,500
1977 24,800
1978 25,200
1979 25,500
1980 25,800
1981 26,200
1982 26,600
1983 26,000
1984 26,000
1985 26,100
1986 26,100
1987 26,000
1988 26,000
1989 25,131
1990 23,982
1991 25,554
1992 27,474
1993 28,450
1994 31,450
1995 33,540
1996 33,400
1997 33,250
1998 33,100
1999 32,900
2000 32,700
2001 32,550
2002 32,293
2003 33,348
2004 34,982
2005 37,171
2006 38,884
2007 40,647
2008 40,438

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Tunisia was 142.64 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 148.73 in 2007, while its lowest value was 33.23 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 33.23
1962 34.37
1963 37.40
1964 39.08
1965 44.03
1966 50.31
1967 57.02
1968 59.75
1969 62.77
1970 65.77
1971 68.75
1972 72.76
1973 71.43
1974 71.26
1975 70.97
1976 70.40
1977 70.31
1978 73.84
1979 74.87
1980 80.85
1981 82.65
1982 84.18
1983 82.80
1984 83.33
1985 85.02
1986 86.14
1987 87.25
1988 88.56
1989 86.36
1990 82.44
1991 87.87
1992 94.48
1993 95.25
1994 111.13
1995 118.02
1996 117.40
1997 116.87
1998 114.97
1999 113.10
2000 114.18
2001 117.34
2002 116.54
2003 119.53
2004 125.34
2005 136.16
2006 140.73
2007 148.73
2008 142.64

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production