World - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in World was 23,630,920 as of 2002. As the graph below shows, over the past 41 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,068,730 in 2000 and a minimum value of 9,984,368 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 9,984,368
1962 10,386,210
1963 10,815,810
1964 11,238,320
1965 11,617,320
1966 12,691,310
1967 13,046,850
1968 13,395,310
1969 13,769,060
1970 13,910,620
1971 14,235,900
1972 14,534,330
1973 14,897,740
1974 15,417,370
1975 15,689,160
1976 16,123,130
1977 16,652,780
1978 17,179,090
1979 17,619,990
1980 18,305,930
1981 18,650,720
1982 19,081,440
1983 19,459,110
1984 19,863,610
1985 20,392,620
1986 20,817,630
1987 21,188,000
1988 21,330,940
1989 21,651,340
1990 21,313,900
1991 21,182,460
1992 23,795,560
1993 23,989,380
1994 24,117,930
1995 24,271,420
1996 24,269,960
1997 24,422,430
1998 24,542,730
1999 24,791,750
2000 25,068,730
2002 23,630,920

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in World was 199.45 as of 1998. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 206.09 in 1989, while its lowest value was 98.53 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 98.53
1962 102.37
1963 105.64
1964 109.45
1965 112.56
1966 123.41
1967 126.42
1968 128.39
1969 130.43
1970 132.60
1971 136.86
1972 141.15
1973 145.72
1974 151.37
1975 156.40
1976 160.09
1977 165.60
1978 171.01
1979 174.84
1980 181.10
1981 184.73
1982 187.35
1983 190.38
1984 191.40
1985 194.24
1986 197.47
1987 201.33
1988 203.35
1989 206.09
1992 188.66
1993 190.15
1994 192.14
1995 193.53
1996 195.51
1997 196.82
1998 199.45

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production