In 2006, number of tractors for Brazil was 161 units per 100 sq. km. Number of tractors of Brazil increased from 136 units per 100 sq. km in 1987 to 161 units per 100 sq. km in 2006 growing at an average annual rate of 0.91%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.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.