Zambia - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Zambia was 5,628 as of 1987. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,628 in 1987 and a minimum value of 1,600 in 1964.

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 2,435
1962 2,760
1963 2,000
1964 1,600
1965 1,600
1966 1,800
1967 2,060
1968 2,249
1969 2,700
1970 3,180
1971 3,400
1972 3,600
1973 3,700
1974 4,000
1975 4,100
1976 4,200
1977 4,300
1978 4,400
1979 4,500
1980 4,640
1981 4,780
1982 4,920
1983 5,060
1984 5,200
1985 5,340
1986 5,480
1987 5,628

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Zambia was 21.92 as of 1987. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 22.45 in 1984, while its lowest value was 6.14 in 1965.

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.

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Year Value
1961 9.55
1962 10.82
1963 7.76
1964 6.15
1965 6.14
1966 6.77
1967 7.71
1968 8.31
1969 9.88
1970 11.51
1971 11.76
1972 11.76
1973 12.71
1974 13.61
1975 14.02
1976 13.78
1977 14.93
1978 16.16
1979 19.51
1980 19.90
1981 21.05
1982 22.23
1983 21.76
1984 22.45
1985 22.18
1986 22.20
1987 21.92

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production