Bulgaria - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Bulgaria was 53,100 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65,513 in 1976 and a minimum value of 27,701 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 27,701
1962 30,749
1963 34,566
1964 38,887
1965 42,040
1966 45,062
1967 46,892
1968 50,788
1969 53,005
1970 53,618
1971 55,270
1972 58,000
1973 60,000
1974 62,000
1975 64,689
1976 65,513
1977 65,020
1978 64,417
1979 63,445
1980 61,968
1981 60,522
1982 59,584
1983 58,251
1984 56,700
1985 55,161
1986 54,180
1987 53,640
1988 53,679
1989 53,653
1990 52,375
1991 50,399
1992 47,411
1993 37,431
1994 37,750
1995 38,300
1996 38,850
1997 39,400
1998 40,000
1999 40,898
2000 34,709
2001 32,602
2002 32,071
2003 31,606
2004 30,962
2005 36,252
2006 41,046
2007 46,259
2008 53,100

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Bulgaria was 171.96 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 171.96 in 2008, while its lowest value was 65.15 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 65.15
1962 74.02
1963 83.53
1964 93.03
1965 100.89
1966 108.17
1967 113.10
1968 122.26
1969 127.48
1970 129.45
1971 133.76
1972 140.50
1973 145.63
1974 151.29
1975 163.48
1976 166.28
1977 165.15
1978 164.08
1979 162.80
1980 161.92
1981 158.27
1982 156.06
1983 152.81
1984 148.94
1985 144.78
1986 141.87
1987 140.24
1988 139.79
1989 139.43
1990 135.83
1991 130.43
1992 117.15
1993 92.13
1994 94.35
1995 95.80
1996 92.43
1997 91.67
1998 113.12
1999 114.30
2000 98.44
2001 94.04
2002 95.59
2003 95.11
2004 93.46
2005 114.25
2006 131.05
2007 149.95
2008 171.96

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production