Madagascar - Agricultural machinery

Agricultural machinery, tractors

The value for Agricultural machinery, tractors in Madagascar was 550.00 as of 2004. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,410.00 in 1969 and a minimum value of 550.00 in 2004.

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 939.00
1962 1,100.00
1963 1,300.00
1964 1,500.00
1965 1,700.00
1966 1,900.00
1967 2,100.00
1968 2,300.00
1969 2,410.00
1970 2,405.00
1971 2,260.00
1972 2,281.00
1973 1,922.00
1974 1,563.00
1975 1,550.00
1976 1,510.00
1977 1,411.00
1978 1,600.00
1979 1,950.00
1980 1,894.00
1981 1,838.00
1982 1,782.00
1983 1,726.00
1984 1,670.00
1985 1,614.00
1986 1,558.00
1987 1,502.00
1988 1,446.00
1989 1,390.00
1990 1,334.00
1991 1,278.00
1992 1,222.00
1993 1,166.00
1994 1,110.00
1995 1,054.00
1996 998.00
1997 942.00
1998 886.00
1999 830.00
2000 774.00
2001 718.00
2002 662.00
2003 606.00
2004 550.00

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

Agricultural machinery, tractors per 100 sq. km of arable land in Madagascar was 1.86 as of 2004. Its highest value over the past 43 years was 11.76 in 1969, while its lowest value was 1.86 in 2004.

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 4.88
1962 5.67
1963 6.65
1964 7.61
1965 8.56
1966 9.50
1967 10.42
1968 11.33
1969 11.76
1970 11.67
1971 10.92
1972 10.91
1973 9.15
1974 7.36
1975 6.75
1976 6.60
1977 5.78
1978 6.40
1979 7.74
1980 7.46
1981 7.18
1982 6.93
1983 6.64
1984 6.37
1985 6.09
1986 5.84
1987 5.60
1988 5.36
1989 5.13
1990 4.90
1991 4.65
1992 4.40
1993 4.02
1994 3.83
1995 3.63
1996 3.44
1997 3.25
1998 3.06
1999 2.86
2000 2.67
2001 2.43
2002 2.24
2003 2.05
2004 1.86

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production