Papua New Guinea - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Papua New Guinea was 1,160.00 as of 1997. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,429.00 in 1981 and a minimum value of 902.00 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.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 902.00
1962 926.00
1963 1,148.00
1964 1,271.00
1965 1,066.00
1966 1,168.00
1967 1,230.00
1968 1,277.00
1969 1,371.00
1970 1,352.00
1971 1,342.00
1972 1,399.00
1973 1,249.00
1974 1,275.00
1975 1,261.00
1976 1,067.00
1977 1,147.00
1978 1,274.00
1979 1,306.00
1980 1,379.00
1981 1,429.00
1982 1,290.00
1983 1,224.00
1984 1,200.00
1985 1,180.00
1986 1,160.00
1987 1,150.00
1988 1,150.00
1989 1,150.00
1990 1,140.00
1991 1,140.00
1992 1,140.00
1993 1,140.00
1994 1,140.00
1995 1,140.00
1996 1,150.00
1997 1,160.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Papua New Guinea was 58.88 as of 1997. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 169.47 in 1964, while its lowest value was 58.76 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. 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 120.27
1962 123.47
1963 153.07
1964 169.47
1965 142.13
1966 146.00
1967 144.71
1968 150.24
1969 150.66
1970 132.55
1971 124.26
1972 122.72
1973 104.08
1974 101.19
1975 95.53
1976 77.32
1977 79.65
1978 79.63
1979 79.15
1980 82.57
1981 83.08
1982 73.71
1983 68.38
1984 66.67
1985 64.48
1986 62.70
1987 61.83
1988 61.17
1989 60.53
1990 59.38
1991 59.38
1992 59.38
1993 59.07
1994 59.07
1995 58.76
1996 58.97
1997 58.88

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production