Netherlands - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Netherlands was 144,600 as of 2005. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 183,373 in 1985 and a minimum value of 62,000 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 62,000
1962 70,000
1963 78,000
1964 86,000
1965 94,000
1966 102,000
1967 110,400
1968 118,700
1969 127,000
1970 135,293
1971 140,000
1972 144,500
1973 149,100
1974 153,700
1975 156,529
1976 160,000
1977 164,000
1978 168,000
1979 172,957
1980 178,000
1981 178,000
1982 180,000
1983 183,000
1984 183,186
1985 183,373
1986 183,100
1987 182,850
1988 182,600
1989 182,450
1990 182,228
1991 182,000
1992 180,000
1993 178,000
1994 176,000
1995 172,596
1996 167,000
1997 161,000
1998 155,000
1999 149,530
2000 148,500
2001 147,500
2002 146,500
2003 145,500
2004 144,500
2005 144,600

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Netherlands was 1,301.53 as of 2005. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 2,284.64 in 1983, while its lowest value was 625.00 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 625.00
1962 724.64
1963 821.92
1964 917.82
1965 1,012.93
1966 1,137.12
1967 1,264.61
1968 1,373.84
1969 1,502.96
1970 1,641.91
1971 1,818.18
1972 1,888.89
1973 1,959.26
1974 2,017.06
1975 2,062.31
1976 2,080.62
1977 2,116.13
1978 2,153.85
1979 2,203.27
1980 2,253.17
1981 2,258.88
1982 2,278.48
1983 2,284.64
1984 2,242.18
1985 2,220.01
1986 2,169.43
1987 2,123.69
1988 2,101.27
1989 2,082.76
1990 2,073.13
1991 2,065.83
1992 2,029.31
1993 2,006.76
1994 1,988.70
1995 1,956.87
1996 1,865.92
1997 1,786.90
1998 1,710.82
1999 1,636.00
2000 1,631.87
2001 1,629.83
2002 1,599.35
2003 1,605.96
2004 1,281.60
2005 1,301.53

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production