Kenya - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Kenya was 12,844 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12,844 in 2002 and a minimum value of 4,904 in 1968.

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 6,422
1962 6,418
1963 6,111
1964 5,783
1965 5,729
1966 6,145
1967 6,617
1968 4,904
1969 5,998
1970 7,247
1971 5,891
1972 6,028
1973 5,721
1974 6,195
1975 6,013
1976 5,982
1977 6,186
1978 6,449
1979 6,374
1980 6,546
1981 6,399
1982 6,650
1983 8,568
1984 8,800
1985 9,000
1986 9,200
1987 9,400
1988 9,600
1989 9,800
1990 10,000
1991 10,200
1992 10,500
1993 10,800
1994 11,000
1995 11,200
1996 11,400
1997 11,600
1998 11,800
1999 12,000
2000 12,200
2001 12,568
2002 12,844

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Kenya was 25.23 as of 2002. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 25.23 in 2002, while its lowest value was 14.01 in 1968.

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 18.35
1962 18.34
1963 17.46
1964 16.52
1965 16.37
1966 17.56
1967 18.91
1968 14.01
1969 17.14
1970 20.71
1971 16.83
1972 17.22
1973 16.35
1974 17.70
1975 15.82
1976 15.74
1977 16.28
1978 16.97
1979 16.77
1980 17.23
1981 16.84
1982 17.50
1983 22.55
1984 23.62
1985 19.68
1986 20.03
1987 20.19
1988 19.66
1989 18.59
1990 20.04
1991 20.01
1992 19.84
1993 21.34
1994 20.18
1995 20.60
1996 24.41
1997 24.10
1998 25.22
1999 23.55
2000 24.94
2001 24.51
2002 25.23

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production