Mexico - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Mexico was 238,830 as of 2007. As the graph below shows, over the past 46 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 317,313 in 1991 and a minimum value of 56,000 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 56,000
1962 60,000
1963 64,000
1964 68,000
1965 72,000
1966 76,000
1967 80,150
1968 83,900
1969 87,600
1970 91,354
1971 92,800
1972 94,300
1973 95,700
1974 97,200
1975 98,700
1976 100,100
1977 101,611
1978 108,259
1979 114,000
1980 115,057
1981 143,078
1982 146,083
1983 152,319
1984 155,000
1985 178,571
1986 202,141
1987 225,712
1988 250,000
1989 272,900
1990 300,000
1991 317,313
1992 312,408
1993 307,503
1994 302,597
1995 297,692
1996 292,787
1997 287,882
1998 282,977
1999 278,072
2000 273,166
2001 268,261
2002 263,356
2003 258,451
2004 253,546
2005 248,640
2006 243,735
2007 238,830

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Mexico was 101.55 as of 2007. Its highest value over the past 46 years was 141.51 in 1991, while its lowest value was 28.71 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 28.71
1962 31.02
1963 33.23
1964 35.45
1965 37.70
1966 39.96
1967 42.34
1968 44.51
1969 46.67
1970 51.65
1971 52.46
1972 53.33
1973 54.01
1974 54.95
1975 55.72
1976 56.44
1977 57.14
1978 60.87
1979 64.83
1980 65.15
1981 81.30
1982 82.09
1983 83.11
1984 84.97
1985 95.85
1986 110.19
1987 117.35
1988 126.92
1989 132.12
1990 138.19
1991 141.51
1992 139.29
1993 136.48
1994 134.20
1995 131.96
1996 128.88
1997 126.35
1998 123.94
1999 121.33
2000 119.26
2001 115.87
2002 113.59
2003 109.27
2004 109.22
2005 106.73
2006 104.33
2007 101.55

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production