India vs Japan: Agricultural tractors — In Use

India
2.53 million No
in 2003
Japan
1.91 million No
in 2005
India rank
3rd
Japan rank
4th

Agricultural tractors — In Use over time

  • India
  • Japan
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How they compare

India currently reports 2.53 million No against 1.91 million No in Japan, a difference of 622,180 No.

That makes India's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

India ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 4th of 193 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, India averaged higher in 1 and Japan in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 54,003 No 90,225 No 36,222 No Japan
1970s 228,636 No 643,504 No 414,868 No Japan
1980s 594,891 No 1.73 million No 1.13 million No Japan
1990s 1.39 million No 2.08 million No 693,047 No Japan
2000s 2.31 million No 1.99 million No 319,140 No India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural tractors — in use, India or Japan?
India, at 2.53 million No against 1.91 million No in Japan as of 2003.
What is the difference in agricultural tractors — in use between India and Japan?
622,180 No, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
43 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2003.
How do India and Japan rank globally for agricultural tractors — in use?
India ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 4th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Agricultural tractors — In Use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Agricultural tractors — In Use
Unit
No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
207 places, 7,021 data points, 1961–2009
Last refreshed

Important notice: FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery is no longer active. The latest online version of the database has as reference year 2009 (with data collected in year 2011). FAOSTAT database on Agriculture Machinery provides statistical series on Agricultural Machinery and Equipment statistical series referring to the following items: tractors, harvesters and threshers, irrigation pumps, milking machines, hand tools, and soil machines. The database includes estimates of agriculture machinery in use and value of import and export of agriculture machinery.