NationMaster - Time Series > Agriculture > Agricultural machinery > tractors per 100 hectares of arable land

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.

Agriculture Statistics > Agricultural machinery > tractors per 100 hectares of arable land > New Caledonia (historical data)

Date

Amount

Rank

2003

3,241.67

2002

3,882

2001

3,782

2000

3,108.33

1999

3,065

1998

2,590

1997

2,552.86

1996

2,515.71

1995

2,478.57

1994

2,442.86

1993

2,106.25

1992

1,844.44

1991

1,816.67

1990

1,477.78

#10

1989

1,466.67

#10

1988

1,444.44

#10

1987

1,422.22

#10

1986

1,411.11

1985

1,260

#12

1984

1,239

#13

1983

1,678.57

1982

1,585.71

1981

1,500

1980

1,414.29

1979

1,322.86

1978

1,180

#10

1977

1,125.71

#10

1976

1,000

#12

1975

861.43

#14

1974

828.57

#14

1973

800

#11

1972

771.43

#11

1971

742.86

#12

1970

714.29

#10

1969

685.71

#11

1968

657.14

#11

1967

628.57

#12

1966

600

#12

1965

571.43

#11

1964

542.86

#11

1963

514.29

#11

1962

485.71

#11

1961

457.14

#10

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.