Belgium - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Belgium was 95,010 as of 2005. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 117,925 in 1986 and a minimum value of 48,905 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 48,905
1962 53,507
1963 58,698
1964 61,620
1965 65,485
1966 78,684
1967 85,235
1968 88,928
1969 97,243
1970 99,009
1971 97,628
1972 98,397
1973 100,987
1974 103,059
1975 104,173
1976 109,817
1977 109,970
1978 109,706
1979 113,605
1980 116,603
1981 116,800
1982 117,000
1983 117,300
1984 117,500
1985 117,700
1986 117,925
1987 117,800
1988 117,677
1989 117,429
1990 116,684
1991 116,635
1992 113,480
1993 112,873
1994 109,789
1995 109,327
1996 106,314
1997 107,664
1998 106,070
1999 104,971
2000 96,271
2001 96,000
2002 96,000
2003 95,986
2004 95,498
2005 95,010

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Belgium was 1,127.05 as of 2005. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 1,763.47 in 1987, while its lowest value was 485.65 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 485.65
1962 532.94
1963 586.39
1964 617.43
1965 657.48
1966 791.59
1967 860.96
1968 899.17
1969 984.24
1970 1,003.13
1971 989.14
1972 996.93
1973 1,025.25
1974 1,048.41
1975 1,060.83
1976 1,119.44
1977 1,125.59
1978 1,129.83
1979 1,180.93
1980 1,530.22
1981 1,536.84
1982 1,543.54
1983 1,545.46
1984 1,542.00
1985 1,540.58
1986 1,541.50
1987 1,763.47
1988 1,534.25
1989 1,531.02
1990 1,523.29
1991 1,534.67
1992 1,363.94
1993 1,342.13
1994 1,167.97
1995 1,250.88
1996 1,233.34
1997 1,237.52
1998 1,215.01
1999 1,202.42
2000 1,116.83
2001 1,136.10
2002 1,153.85
2003 1,149.53
2004 1,136.88
2005 1,127.05

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production