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Farm machinery per unit of agricultural land by country

Farm machinery is measured in units of horsepower. This is divided by total agricultural land to give the average machinery use per hectare of agricultural land.

Countries reporting
172
Highest
13.07
Japan
Lowest
0
Bahrain
Median
0.3785
Years covered
59
1961–2019
Data points
9,853

What the numbers show

Farm machinery per unit of agricultural land is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 13.07 in Japan; the lowest is 0 in Bahrain.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.3785, and the mean is 1.11.

Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 750.0%), and the largest decrease in Slovenia (down 94.1%).

Farm machinery per unit of agricultural land: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 13.07 2019 down 15.4% rising
2 South Korea 9.98 2019 up 6.9% volatile
3 Malta 7.36 2019 up 5.1% rising
4 Austria 7.29 2019 down 7.0% rising
5 Poland 7.17 2019 up 40.7% volatile
6 China 7.16 2019 up 14.2% volatile
7 Switzerland 7.1 2019 down 1.5% rising
8 Ireland 7.05 2019 down 10.1% rising
9 North Macedonia 7.04 2019 up 90.9% rising
10 Serbia 6.12 2019 up 18.7% rising
11 Philippines 4.39 2019 up 71.7% volatile
12 Norway 4.21 2019 down 16.1% rising
13 Netherlands 4.12 2019 down 6.2% flat
14 Belgium 3.54 2019 down 10.6% falling
15 Portugal 3.27 2019 up 10.0% volatile
16 Italy 3.23 2019 down 14.4% rising
17 New Caledonia 3.12 2019 up 7.7% rising
18 Luxembourg 2.83 2019 down 26.4% falling
19 Croatia 2.81 2019 up 117.9% rising
20 Trinidad and Tobago 2.81 2019 down 20.7% rising
21 Finland 2.78 2019 down 11.8% rising
22 Germany 2.39 2019 down 12.3% falling
23 Greece 2.24 2019 up 5.9% rising
24 Cyprus 2.2 2019 down 16.7% rising
25 Sweden 2.18 2019 down 10.1% flat
26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.12 2019 up 106.8% rising
27 United Kingdom 2.07 2019 down 11.5% falling
28 Latvia 2.03 2019 up 10.0% volatile
29 Lithuania 2.02 2019 down 13.1% volatile
30 France 2.02 2019 down 8.3% falling
31 New Zealand 1.69 2019 up 23.9% rising
32 Thailand 1.67 2019 down 7.2% volatile
33 Israel 1.6 2019 up 33.6% rising
34 Turkey 1.52 2019 up 23.6% volatile
35 Vietnam 1.49 2019 up 79.9% volatile
36 Fiji 1.46 2019 up 27.1% rising
37 Iceland 1.44 2019 down 9.1% rising
38 Bangladesh 1.4 2019 up 131.6% volatile
39 India 1.32 2019 up 84.0% volatile
40 Spain 1.32 2019 down 8.1% rising
41 Estonia 1.26 2019 down 20.0% volatile
42 Puerto Rico 1.21 2019 down 26.0% rising
43 Czechia 1.15 2019 down 10.8% rising
44 Denmark 1.12 2019 down 29.8% falling
45 Hungary 1.08 2019 up 0.7% rising
46 Georgia 1.04 2019 up 11.9% rising
47 Slovenia 0.927 2019 down 94.1% falling
48 Moldova 0.8947 2019 up 11.4% rising
49 Canada 0.8616 2019 up 12.2% rising
50 Bulgaria 0.8302 2019 up 17.9% rising
51 Uzbekistan 0.8107 2019 up 1.9% rising
52 French Guiana 0.7826 2019 down 21.7% rising
53 North Korea 0.7616 2019 up 1.2% rising
54 Slovakia 0.7529 2019 down 12.7% rising
55 Chile 0.7386 2019 up 7.4% rising
56 Cuba 0.7365 2019 up 5.0% rising
57 Romania 0.7336 2019 up 6.6% rising
58 Brunei 0.7273 2019 up 166.7% volatile
59 Armenia 0.7164 2019 up 11.5% rising
60 United States 0.6957 2019 down 9.8% falling
61 Lebanon 0.6957 2019 down 17.0% volatile
62 Palestine 0.6659 2019 down 19.3% falling
63 Sri Lanka 0.6325 2019 up 59.1% volatile
64 Turkmenistan 0.6251 2019 up 17.8% rising
65 Brazil 0.5937 2019 up 22.2% rising
66 Panama 0.5897 2019 up 2.5% rising
67 Nepal 0.5441 2019 up 88.6% volatile
68 Taiwan 0.5433 2019 down 67.9% volatile
69 Belize 0.5397 2019 up 8.9% rising
70 Jordan 0.5312 2019 down 18.6% rising
71 Uruguay 0.526 2019 down 11.5% rising
72 Zimbabwe 0.5078 2019 up 49.4% rising
73 Malaysia 0.5077 2019 up 56.2% volatile
74 Jamaica 0.4896 2019 up 4.3% rising
75 Costa Rica 0.4788 2019 up 6.2% rising
76 Myanmar 0.4616 2019 up 124.7% volatile
77 Suriname 0.4595 2019 up 3.4% falling
78 Kyrgyzstan 0.4483 2019 up 7.5% rising
79 Lesotho 0.4417 2019 up 51.1% volatile
80 Iraq 0.4394 2019 up 96.8% volatile
81 Venezuela 0.4387 2019 down 10.0% rising
82 Ukraine 0.4372 2019 up 3.7% rising
83 Tajikistan 0.4281 2019 up 5.9% falling
84 Mexico 0.406 2019 up 22.4% rising
85 Pakistan 0.4041 2019 up 35.6% volatile
86 Bahamas 0.3846 2019 up 7.7% rising
87 Belarus 0.3724 2019 up 2.5% falling
88 Iran 0.3693 2019 down 1.3% volatile
89 Tunisia 0.3455 2019 up 69.5% rising
90 Albania 0.3453 2019 up 2.7% flat
91 Syria 0.3222 2019 down 43.7% volatile
92 Argentina 0.2937 2019 up 6.0% rising
93 Botswana 0.2871 2019 up 13.7% rising
94 South Africa 0.2762 2019 up 29.9% falling
95 Algeria 0.2714 2019 down 2.3% rising
96 Gabon 0.27 2019 up 0.7% rising
97 Eswatini 0.2692 2019 down 12.0% flat
98 Guyana 0.2618 2019 down 6.0% falling
99 Cambodia 0.255 2019 up 60.5% volatile
100 Libya 0.2499 2019 down 28.5% rising
101 Australia 0.2417 2019 up 1.0% rising
102 Azerbaijan 0.2298 2019 up 13.7% falling
103 Paraguay 0.2185 2019 down 26.2% rising
104 Ecuador 0.2169 2019 up 27.6% volatile
105 Egypt 0.1834 2019 up 15.6% rising
106 El Salvador 0.1743 2019 down 9.5% rising
107 Honduras 0.1734 2019 up 9.8% volatile
108 Namibia 0.1621 2019 up 13.1% rising
109 Montenegro 0.1538 2019 up 750.0% volatile
110 Guatemala 0.1485 2019 up 36.5% rising
111 Colombia 0.1469 2019 down 0.1% flat
112 Angola 0.1392 2019 up 9.0% rising
113 Kenya 0.1342 2019 up 5.7% rising
114 Equatorial Guinea 0.12 2019 up 36.5% volatile
115 Zambia 0.117 2019 down 0.8% rising
116 Mauritius 0.1159 2019 down 9.4% rising
117 Papua New Guinea 0.1118 2019 up 68.6% falling
118 Laos 0.1017 2019 up 112.7% volatile
119 Indonesia 0.0966 2019 up 83.7% volatile
120 Russia 0.0939 2019 down 20.8% falling
121 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0926 2019 up 7.4% rising
122 Congo 0.0852 2019 up 15.4% rising
122 Nicaragua 0.0852 2019 up 44.2% rising
124 Morocco 0.0828 2019 down 17.7% rising
125 East Timor 0.0805 2019 down 15.4% volatile
126 Tanzania 0.0717 2019 up 1.7% falling
127 Bhutan 0.0714 2019 up 125.2% volatile
128 Peru 0.0702 2019 up 10.2% falling
128 Qatar 0.0702 2019 down 4.1% volatile
130 Kuwait 0.0652 2019 down 34.8% volatile
131 Yemen 0.0561 2019 down 37.1% rising
132 Bolivia 0.0551 2019 up 24.4% rising
133 Dominican Republic 0.0514 2019 down 7.1% falling
134 Guinea 0.0498 2019 down 27.7% rising
134 Sudan 0.0498 2019 down 25.3% rising
136 Uganda 0.048 2019 up 30.1% rising
137 Kazakhstan 0.0457 2019 up 8.3% volatile
138 Saudi Arabia 0.0428 2019 up 14.4% volatile
139 Somalia 0.0379 2019 up 13.8% rising
140 Mozambique 0.0361 2019 up 2.6% falling
141 Oman 0.0358 2019 down 16.2% rising
142 Eritrea 0.0351 2019 down 0.8% rising
143 Vanuatu 0.034 2019 up 25.0% rising
144 Liberia 0.0309 2019 up 11.6% rising
145 Mongolia 0.0308 2019 up 85.5% falling
146 Cape Verde 0.026 2019 unchanged volatile
147 Mauritania 0.0176 2019 up 17.3% rising
148 Malawi 0.0171 2019 up 4.9% rising
149 Nigeria 0.0129 2019 down 38.3% rising
150 United Arab Emirates 0.0123 2019 up 58.7% volatile
151 Ethiopia 0.0115 2019 up 10.6% volatile
152 Senegal 0.0112 2019 down 13.8% rising
153 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0097 2019 down 41.1% rising
153 Madagascar 0.0097 2019 up 26.2% volatile
155 Ghana 0.0097 2019 down 37.3% falling
156 Solomon Islands 0.0092 2019 — volatile
157 Mali 0.0091 2019 down 20.0% rising
158 Gambia 0.0076 2019 up 86.2% falling
159 Burkina Faso 0.0056 2019 down 51.4% volatile
160 Burundi 0.0048 2019 down 27.2% volatile
161 Haiti 0.0042 2019 down 3.0% flat
162 Sierra Leone 0.0031 2019 down 4.9% volatile
163 Cameroon 0.003 2019 down 22.3% rising
164 Benin 0.0027 2019 down 14.7% falling
165 Togo 0.0021 2019 down 13.1% falling
166 Chad 0.002 2019 up 4.1% rising
167 Central African Republic 0.0018 2019 unchanged rising
168 Guinea-Bissau 0.0015 2019 down 18.4% falling
169 Rwanda 0.0013 2019 up 12.8% falling
170 Afghanistan 0.001 2019 up 31.9% volatile
171 Niger 0.0007 2019 up 4.1% rising
172 Bahrain 0 2019 — volatile

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Indicator
Farm machinery per unit of agricultural land
Source
USDA Economic Research Service (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 9,853 data points, 1961–2019
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Farm machinery is measured in units of horsepower. This is divided by total agricultural land to give the average machinery use per hectare of agricultural land.