Zimbabwe - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Zimbabwe was 22,496 as of 1997. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22,496 in 1997 and a minimum value of 12,567 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 12,567
1962 12,860
1963 13,000
1964 13,300
1965 13,600
1966 13,900
1967 14,200
1968 14,300
1969 14,700
1970 15,000
1971 15,300
1972 15,500
1973 15,700
1974 15,800
1975 16,000
1976 16,400
1977 16,500
1978 16,600
1979 16,600
1980 16,717
1981 16,373
1982 16,240
1983 15,763
1984 15,876
1985 15,900
1986 16,075
1987 15,925
1988 16,142
1989 16,760
1990 17,380
1991 18,000
1992 18,615
1993 19,235
1994 19,850
1995 20,500
1996 21,069
1997 22,496

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Zimbabwe was 64.27 as of 1997. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 67.34 in 1979, while its lowest value was 57.04 in 1988.

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 66.67
1962 66.46
1963 65.49
1964 65.36
1965 65.86
1966 65.11
1967 64.99
1968 63.98
1969 64.33
1970 64.24
1971 64.15
1972 64.18
1973 65.01
1974 64.10
1975 64.91
1976 66.53
1977 66.94
1978 67.34
1979 67.34
1980 66.73
1981 64.33
1982 62.82
1983 60.05
1984 59.57
1985 58.78
1986 58.56
1987 57.08
1988 57.04
1989 58.40
1990 59.73
1991 61.02
1992 62.26
1993 63.48
1994 64.03
1995 65.92
1996 61.97
1997 64.27

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production