Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 54,285 as of 1997. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 54,285 in 1997 and a minimum value of 33,574 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 33,574
1962 35,669
1963 36,614
1964 37,956
1965 39,924
1966 42,451
1967 45,932
1968 48,803
1969 51,517
1970 54,238
1971 52,275
1972 53,617
1973 50,732
1974 51,225
1975 51,742
1976 52,914
1977 53,968
1978 49,468
1979 49,701
1980 50,909
1981 51,471
1982 52,240
1983 52,040
1984 52,469
1985 52,522
1986 52,713
1987 52,666
1988 47,369
1989 47,649
1990 47,712
1991 49,435
1992 49,455
1993 49,931
1994 50,238
1995 50,988
1996 51,037
1997 54,285

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 5.76 as of 1991. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 6.61 in 1977, while its lowest value was 3.65 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 3.65
1962 3.83
1963 3.84
1964 3.95
1965 4.12
1966 4.51
1967 4.82
1968 5.00
1969 5.27
1970 5.63
1971 5.42
1972 5.72
1973 6.41
1974 6.52
1975 6.48
1976 6.46
1977 6.61
1978 6.23
1979 6.32
1980 6.43
1981 6.53
1982 6.58
1983 6.50
1984 6.53
1985 6.39
1986 6.37
1987 6.43
1988 5.82
1989 5.88
1990 5.79
1991 5.76

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production