Sierra Leone - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Sierra Leone was 81.00 as of 1997. As the graph below shows, over the past 36 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 500.00 in 1988 and a minimum value of 81.00 in 1997.

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 100.00
1962 105.00
1963 110.00
1964 115.00
1965 120.00
1966 125.00
1967 130.00
1968 135.00
1969 140.00
1970 145.00
1971 150.00
1972 155.00
1973 160.00
1974 165.00
1975 170.00
1976 170.00
1977 144.00
1978 110.00
1979 110.00
1980 317.00
1981 345.00
1982 380.00
1983 410.00
1984 440.00
1985 470.00
1986 480.00
1987 500.00
1988 500.00
1989 480.00
1990 200.00
1991 150.00
1992 135.00
1993 120.00
1994 110.00
1995 100.00
1996 90.00
1997 81.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Sierra Leone was 1.67 as of 1997. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 10.31 in 1987, while its lowest value was 1.67 in 1997.

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 2.82
1962 2.92
1963 3.01
1964 3.11
1965 3.20
1966 3.29
1967 3.38
1968 3.46
1969 3.54
1970 3.63
1971 3.70
1972 3.78
1973 3.86
1974 3.93
1975 4.00
1976 3.95
1977 3.31
1978 2.50
1979 2.47
1980 7.04
1981 7.58
1982 8.26
1983 8.82
1984 9.36
1985 9.89
1986 10.00
1987 10.31
1988 10.29
1989 9.88
1990 4.12
1991 3.09
1992 2.78
1993 2.47
1994 2.27
1995 2.06
1996 1.86
1997 1.67

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production