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.

Number of agricultural tractors per per 100 sq. km of arable land (units per 100 sq. km)

1970199020002005
China136683
Japan5354,4934,5324,382
France706810689640
Germany1,2591,309838
Italy5131,5871,938
Russian Federation6039
United Kingdom629
Brazil59154175163
Mexico52138119107
Canada155181178185
United States of America279238257269
India660130
South Africa12611352