Agricultural tractors, total — Import Quantity in Melanesia
Melanesia: Agricultural tractors, total — Import Quantity was 204 No in 2009. ▼ Falling
Agricultural tractors, total — Import Quantity in Melanesia, 1961–2009
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agricultural tractors, total — import quantity in Melanesia is 204 No, measured in 2009. That is the lowest value across all 49 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 70.3% on the previous year and down 63.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural tractors, total — import quantity in Melanesia peaked at 1,395 No in 1976 and was at its lowest, 204 No, in 2009.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Agricultural tractors, total — Import Quantity in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 319 No | — |
| 1962 | 302 No | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 355 No | +17.5% |
| 1964 | 600 No | +69.0% |
| 1965 | 603 No | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 655 No | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 399 No | -39.1% |
| 1968 | 542 No | +35.8% |
| 1969 | 711 No | +31.2% |
| 1970 | 972 No | +36.7% |
| 1971 | 864 No | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 854 No | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 621 No | -27.3% |
| 1974 | 580 No | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 1,083 No | +86.7% |
| 1976 | 1,395 No | +28.8% |
| 1977 | 943 No | -32.4% |
| 1978 | 735 No | -22.1% |
| 1979 | 1,032 No | +40.4% |
| 1980 | 882 No | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 753 No | -14.6% |
| 1982 | 499 No | -33.7% |
| 1983 | 449 No | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 404 No | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 650 No | +60.9% |
| 1986 | 619 No | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 647 No | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 590 No | -8.8% |
| 1989 | 927 No | +57.1% |
| 1990 | 803 No | -13.4% |
| 1991 | 757 No | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 565 No | -25.4% |
| 1993 | 532 No | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 542 No | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 482 No | -11.1% |
| 1996 | 422 No | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 516 No | +22.3% |
| 1998 | 495 No | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 557 No | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 685 No | +23.0% |
| 2001 | 349 No | -49.1% |
| 2002 | 239 No | -31.5% |
| 2003 | 844 No | +253.1% |
| 2004 | 292 No | -65.4% |
| 2005 | 519 No | +77.7% |
| 2006 | 533 No | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 1,305 No | +144.8% |
| 2008 | 687 No | -47.4% |
| 2009 | 204 No | -70.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agricultural tractors, total — Import Quantity in Melanesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +253.1% | 239 No | 844 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 498.44 No | 302 No | 711 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 907.9 No | 580 No | 1,395 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 642 No | 404 No | 927 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 567.1 No | 422 No | 803 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 565.7 No | 204 No | 1,305 No | 10 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 9 Sri Lanka 29,101 No compare
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- 11 South Africa 25,125 No compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 1,002 No compare
- 12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 25,076 No compare
- 13 Belgium 21,058 No compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 109 No compare
- 14 Egypt 20,723 No compare
- 14 Polynesia 46 No compare
- 15 Ukraine 18,791 No compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural tractors, total — import quantity in Melanesia?
- Agricultural tractors, total — import quantity in Melanesia was 204 No in 2009, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural tractors, total — import quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,395 No in 1976.
- What is the lowest agricultural tractors, total — import quantity recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 204 No in 2009.
- How does Melanesia rank for agricultural tractors, total — import quantity?
- Melanesia ranks 12th out of 17 countries with data for 2009.
- Is agricultural tractors, total — import quantity rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural tractors, total — Import Quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.