Tanzania - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Tanzania was 21,207 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,207 in 2002 and a minimum value of 7,262 in 1987.

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 16,550
1962 16,600
1963 16,650
1964 16,700
1965 16,750
1966 16,800
1967 16,850
1968 16,900
1969 16,950
1970 17,000
1971 16,898
1972 15,800
1973 15,100
1974 14,300
1975 13,600
1976 12,700
1977 11,800
1978 11,200
1979 10,400
1980 10,000
1981 9,500
1982 9,300
1983 8,700
1984 8,500
1985 8,000
1986 7,500
1987 7,262
1988 7,295
1989 7,330
1990 7,365
1991 7,400
1992 7,435
1993 7,470
1994 7,500
1995 7,525
1996 8,480
1997 10,435
1998 12,390
1999 14,345
2000 16,300
2001 18,255
2002 21,207

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Tanzania was 24.66 as of 2002. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 32.87 in 1962, while its lowest value was 8.07 in 1987.

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 31.83
1962 32.87
1963 27.30
1964 27.83
1965 27.92
1966 28.00
1967 28.08
1968 28.17
1969 28.25
1970 24.29
1971 24.14
1972 22.57
1973 21.57
1974 20.43
1975 19.43
1976 18.14
1977 16.86
1978 14.00
1979 13.00
1980 12.50
1981 11.88
1982 11.63
1983 10.88
1984 10.63
1985 8.89
1986 8.33
1987 8.07
1988 8.11
1989 8.14
1990 8.18
1991 8.22
1992 8.45
1993 8.39
1994 8.43
1995 8.46
1996 9.42
1997 11.71
1998 14.20
1999 16.49
2000 18.95
2001 21.40
2002 24.66

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production