Ecuador - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Ecuador was 14,652 as of 2000. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14,652 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1,558 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 1,558
1962 1,565
1963 1,620
1964 1,700
1965 2,000
1966 2,313
1967 2,450
1968 2,700
1969 2,900
1970 3,100
1971 3,400
1972 3,700
1973 4,200
1974 4,945
1975 5,100
1976 5,208
1977 5,440
1978 5,564
1979 5,880
1980 6,198
1981 6,844
1982 7,186
1983 7,400
1984 7,600
1985 7,800
1986 8,000
1987 8,200
1988 8,400
1989 8,600
1990 8,700
1991 8,800
1992 8,900
1993 8,900
1994 14,150
1995 14,200
1996 14,300
1997 14,500
1998 14,550
1999 14,600
2000 14,652

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Ecuador was 90.67 as of 2000. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 90.82 in 1998, while its lowest value was 9.14 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 9.14
1962 9.18
1963 9.47
1964 9.94
1965 11.66
1966 13.49
1967 14.24
1968 15.74
1969 16.86
1970 17.97
1971 19.65
1972 21.33
1973 24.14
1974 28.21
1975 29.65
1976 31.00
1977 32.97
1978 34.56
1979 37.22
1980 40.19
1981 42.78
1982 46.30
1983 47.44
1984 48.25
1985 49.06
1986 49.84
1987 50.74
1988 51.69
1989 54.33
1990 54.24
1991 53.53
1992 54.50
1993 56.72
1994 87.29
1995 90.22
1996 88.99
1997 90.12
1998 90.82
1999 90.68
2000 90.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production