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 > Portugal (historical data)

Date

Amount

Rank

2003

1,049.04

#15

2002

1,024.86

#14

2001

1,056.91

#14

2000

938.89

#16

1999

845.43

#21

1998

842.11

#21

1997

820.37

#20

1996

760

#21

1995

697.11

#23

1994

672.73

#23

1993

654.42

#23

1992

575.82

#27

1991

569.39

#25

1990

563.14

#25

1989

557.39

#25

1988

533.78

#24

1987

510.89

#25

1986

487.67

#25

1985

464.55

#25

1984

441.53

#27

1983

418.6

#27

1982

396.19

#28

1981

373.45

#31

1980

350.8

#32

1979

328.25

#33

1978

305.8

#37

1977

283.84

#39

1976

261.56

#40

1975

239.38

#43

1974

217.28

#47

1973

195.69

#47

1972

173.77

#50

1971

152.01

#51

1970

130.31

#57

1969

108.69

#62

1968

87.36

#69

1967

76.83

#73

1966

71.75

#73

1965

62.36

#77

1964

56.46

#66

1963

51.58

#68

1962

47.17

#66

1961

42.87

#65

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.