Libya - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Libya was 39,733 as of 2000. As the graph below shows, over the past 39 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 39,733 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2,570 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 2,570
1962 2,700
1963 2,800
1964 3,000
1965 3,100
1966 3,200
1967 3,350
1968 3,500
1969 3,700
1970 3,850
1971 4,400
1972 6,000
1973 7,800
1974 10,900
1975 14,000
1976 14,800
1977 16,000
1978 20,000
1979 22,500
1980 23,200
1981 24,800
1982 26,000
1983 26,900
1984 27,000
1985 27,100
1986 27,200
1987 27,320
1988 29,216
1989 29,696
1990 33,272
1991 33,877
1992 34,482
1993 35,087
1994 35,692
1995 36,297
1996 36,902
1997 37,507
1998 38,112
1999 39,450
2000 39,733

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Libya was 218.91 as of 2000. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 218.91 in 2000, while its lowest value was 15.12 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 15.12
1962 15.79
1963 16.37
1964 17.49
1965 18.08
1966 18.60
1967 19.48
1968 20.29
1969 21.45
1970 22.32
1971 25.43
1972 34.68
1973 44.96
1974 62.82
1975 80.46
1976 85.06
1977 91.69
1978 114.29
1979 128.57
1980 132.34
1981 141.07
1982 147.31
1983 151.55
1984 151.69
1985 151.65
1986 151.53
1987 151.78
1988 162.31
1989 164.52
1990 184.33
1991 187.17
1992 189.98
1993 193.32
1994 195.57
1995 194.10
1996 181.96
1997 184.95
1998 209.98
1999 217.36
2000 218.91

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production