Japan - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Japan was 1,910,724 as of 2005. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,142,210 in 1990 and a minimum value of 6,978 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 6,978
1962 10,746
1963 17,157
1964 24,846
1965 60,000
1966 90,000
1967 124,300
1968 200,000
1969 278,000
1970 278,000
1971 278,170
1972 290,840
1973 341,280
1974 550,000
1975 721,090
1976 832,000
1977 952,000
1978 1,095,860
1979 1,095,800
1980 1,471,400
1981 1,412,900
1982 1,526,000
1983 1,584,300
1984 1,650,300
1985 1,853,600
1986 1,833,900
1987 1,904,070
1988 1,984,590
1989 2,049,120
1990 2,142,210
1991 1,966,000
1992 2,003,000
1993 2,041,000
1994 2,060,000
1995 2,123,000
1996 2,122,000
1997 2,121,000
1998 2,120,000
1999 2,120,000
2000 2,027,674
2001 2,004,284
2002 1,980,894
2003 1,957,504
2004 1,934,114
2005 1,910,724

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Japan was 4,382.40 as of 2005. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 4,707.97 in 1999, while its lowest value was 12.33 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.

See also:

Year Value
1961 12.33
1962 19.12
1963 30.80
1964 44.93
1965 109.53
1966 165.05
1967 231.17
1968 375.94
1969 538.55
1970 535.03
1971 542.77
1972 575.12
1973 680.52
1974 1,104.86
1975 1,458.22
1976 1,690.71
1977 1,938.51
1978 2,237.36
1979 2,244.57
1980 3,018.88
1981 2,906.60
1982 3,145.10
1983 3,271.32
1984 3,412.53
1985 3,837.68
1986 3,804.77
1987 3,955.28
1988 4,129.40
1989 4,276.13
1990 4,492.89
1991 4,147.68
1992 4,249.05
1993 4,356.46
1994 4,420.60
1995 4,585.31
1996 4,611.04
1997 4,642.15
1998 4,674.75
1999 4,707.97
2000 4,532.13
2001 4,510.09
2002 4,482.68
2003 4,451.91
2004 4,416.79
2005 4,382.40

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production