OECD members - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in OECD members was 14,687,300 as of 2005. As the graph below shows, over the past 44 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17,287,840 in 1999 and a minimum value of 9,244,087 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 9,244,087
1962 9,584,264
1963 9,949,959
1964 10,303,580
1965 10,622,200
1966 11,606,270
1967 11,872,290
1968 12,132,280
1969 12,402,200
1970 12,536,440
1971 12,746,830
1972 12,937,860
1973 13,183,150
1974 13,591,840
1975 13,645,200
1976 13,930,220
1977 14,259,680
1978 14,586,670
1979 14,760,910
1980 15,267,780
1981 15,395,390
1982 15,692,280
1983 15,933,090
1984 16,165,710
1985 16,612,420
1986 16,870,310
1987 17,097,950
1988 17,130,120
1989 17,260,150
1990 16,831,910
1991 16,598,520
1992 16,641,290
1993 16,825,440
1994 17,000,170
1995 17,093,530
1996 17,104,890
1997 17,174,150
1998 17,225,060
1999 17,287,840
2000 17,285,260
2001 16,393,850
2002 16,551,490
2003 14,738,790
2004 14,678,620
2005 14,687,300

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in OECD members was 439.26 as of 2005. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 471.05 in 2002, while its lowest value was 229.48 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 229.48
1962 239.39
1963 246.72
1964 256.31
1965 264.50
1966 289.35
1967 297.09
1968 297.57
1969 298.95
1970 305.12
1971 313.61
1972 318.47
1973 326.96
1974 338.21
1975 352.93
1976 360.53
1977 368.64
1978 374.53
1979 378.67
1980 392.05
1981 395.26
1982 405.02
1983 411.58
1984 416.34
1985 427.20
1986 434.00
1987 443.99
1988 445.30
1989 448.12
1990 444.65
1991 438.95
1992 436.44
1993 437.77
1994 443.97
1995 449.20
1996 452.89
1997 457.05
1998 462.88
1999 467.10
2000 468.43
2001 461.91
2002 471.05
2003 434.13
2004 435.31
2005 439.26

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production