Agricultural tractors, imports by country
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.
What the numbers show
Agricultural tractors, imports is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 25,125 in South Africa; the lowest is 1 in Sao Tome and Principe.
The median across all reporting countries is 178, and the mean is 1,649.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 25,125.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 2,493.3%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 98.6%).
Agricultural tractors, imports: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 25,125 | 2007 | up 257.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Egypt | 20,723 | 2007 | up 2,116.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Algeria | 8,350 | 2006 | up 1,832.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Eswatini | 4,370 | 2007 | up 2,085.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Madagascar | 3,819 | 2007 | up 1,108.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Morocco | 3,327 | 2007 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Sudan | 2,838 | 2007 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Angola | 2,542 | 2007 | up 725.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Nigeria | 2,461 | 2007 | up 583.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Tunisia | 2,093 | 2007 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Kenya | 1,534 | 2007 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Ghana | 1,210 | 2007 | up 195.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Tanzania | 1,002 | 2007 | up 401.0% | rising |
| 14 | Zimbabwe | 710 | 2007 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Ethiopia | 539 | 2007 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Libya | 535 | 2007 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Congo | 420 | 2007 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Eritrea | 400 | 2007 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 19 | Chad | 389 | 2007 | up 2,493.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Mozambique | 336 | 2007 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Gabon | 306 | 2007 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Zambia | 304 | 2007 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Botswana | 284 | 2007 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Uganda | 248 | 2007 | up 115.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 238 | 2007 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Senegal | 190 | 2007 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Namibia | 166 | 2007 | up 44.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Malawi | 144 | 2007 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 137 | 2007 | down 98.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Mali | 135 | 2007 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Somalia | 128 | 2006 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Cameroon | 124 | 2007 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Liberia | 85 | 2007 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Niger | 79 | 2007 | up 558.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 72 | 2007 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Gambia | 67 | 2007 | up 458.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Mauritius | 66 | 2007 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Benin | 44 | 2007 | down 63.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Mauritania | 39 | 2007 | up 56.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Rwanda | 35 | 2007 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Guinea | 33 | 2007 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Burundi | 28 | 2007 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Lesotho | 19 | 2007 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Togo | 18 | 2007 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Cape Verde | 13 | 2007 | — | volatile |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | 12 | 2007 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Central African Republic | 7 | 2007 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Djibouti | 5 | 2007 | unchanged | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 5 | 2007 | unchanged | volatile |
| 50 | Comoros | 4 | 2007 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Seychelles | 1 | 2007 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 | 2007 | down 50.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa 77,282
- Sub-Saharan Africa 50,599
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 50,599
- North Africa 26,683
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 25,474
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 23,013
About this data
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.