Costa Rica - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Costa Rica was 5,432 as of 1973. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,432 in 1973 and a minimum value of 3,800 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 3,800
1962 4,200
1963 4,454
1964 4,500
1965 4,600
1966 4,700
1967 4,800
1968 4,900
1969 5,000
1970 5,100
1971 5,200
1972 5,300
1973 5,432

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Costa Rica was 191.94 as of 1973. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 191.94 in 1973, while its lowest value was 133.33 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.

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Year Value
1961 133.33
1962 147.37
1963 156.28
1964 157.89
1965 161.40
1966 164.91
1967 168.42
1968 171.93
1969 175.44
1970 178.95
1971 182.46
1972 185.96
1973 191.94

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production