Latvia - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Latvia was 59,562 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 63,000 in 1996 and a minimum value of 50,500 in 1995.

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
1992 61,400
1993 57,600
1994 55,600
1995 50,500
1996 63,000
1997 56,938
1998 53,366
1999 54,919
2000 55,815
2001 55,644
2002 56,498
2003 55,294
2004 55,697
2005 56,100
2006 57,830
2007 59,562

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Latvia was 501.36 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 594.34 in 1996, while its lowest value was 325.15 in 1994.

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
1992 363.74
1993 341.43
1994 325.15
1995 503.99
1996 594.34
1997 527.69
1998 503.93
1999 556.42
2000 575.41
2001 580.84
2002 580.66
2003 577.78
2004 552.00
2005 513.74
2006 479.92
2007 501.36

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production