Argentina - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Argentina was 244,320 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 267,782 in 1988 and a minimum value of 120,000 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 120,000
1962 130,000
1963 140,000
1964 150,000
1965 155,000
1966 160,000
1967 165,000
1968 170,000
1969 175,000
1970 168,350
1971 171,000
1972 174,660
1973 180,000
1974 180,000
1975 180,000
1976 180,000
1977 180,000
1978 173,000
1979 171,400
1980 166,700
1981 213,000
1982 203,700
1983 201,800
1984 203,700
1985 204,000
1986 225,000
1987 245,000
1988 267,782
1989 266,100
1990 264,500
1991 262,850
1992 261,200
1993 259,500
1994 257,800
1995 256,100
1996 254,400
1997 252,700
1998 251,000
1999 249,300
2000 247,600
2001 245,900
2002 244,320

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Argentina was 87.69 as of 2002. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 101.56 in 1988, while its lowest value was 64.12 in 1980.

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 64.53
1962 67.78
1963 71.43
1964 75.00
1965 75.75
1966 74.05
1967 73.86
1968 71.28
1969 67.58
1970 64.75
1971 65.77
1972 67.18
1973 69.23
1974 69.23
1975 69.23
1976 69.23
1977 69.23
1978 66.54
1979 65.92
1980 64.12
1981 81.92
1982 75.44
1983 74.74
1984 75.44
1985 75.56
1986 83.33
1987 91.42
1988 101.56
1989 100.53
1990 99.53
1991 98.52
1992 97.52
1993 96.50
1994 95.49
1995 94.48
1996 93.49
1997 92.50
1998 91.52
1999 90.55
2000 89.58
2001 88.63
2002 87.69

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production