Soil working equipment (trade) — Export Value in China
China: Soil working equipment (trade) — Export Value was 297,367 1000 USD in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Soil working equipment (trade) — Export Value in China, 1966–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 USD.
Analysis
In 2008, soil working equipment (trade) — export value in China stood at 297,367 1000 USD. That is the highest value across all 43 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 62.3% on the previous year and up 613.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soil working equipment (trade) — export value in China peaked at 297,367 1000 USD in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2 1000 USD, in 1966.
China ranks 6th of 140 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soil working equipment (trade) — Export Value in China, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 2 1000 USD | — |
| 1967 | 1,005 1000 USD | +50150.0% |
| 1968 | 1,023 1000 USD | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 1,040 1000 USD | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 1,060 1000 USD | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 1,090 1000 USD | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 1,100 1000 USD | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 1,120 1000 USD | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 1,219 1000 USD | +8.8% |
| 1975 | 1,249 1000 USD | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 1,194 1000 USD | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 1,376 1000 USD | +15.2% |
| 1978 | 1,263 1000 USD | -8.2% |
| 1979 | 1,280 1000 USD | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 1,306 1000 USD | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 16,799 1000 USD | +1186.3% |
| 1982 | 17,639 1000 USD | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 19,057 1000 USD | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 19,794 1000 USD | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 20,883 1000 USD | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 21,404 1000 USD | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 28,827 1000 USD | +34.7% |
| 1988 | 33,830 1000 USD | +17.4% |
| 1989 | 30,354 1000 USD | -10.3% |
| 1990 | 35,618 1000 USD | +17.3% |
| 1991 | 35,798 1000 USD | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 35,407 1000 USD | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 44,219 1000 USD | +24.9% |
| 1994 | 39,006 1000 USD | -11.8% |
| 1995 | 37,372 1000 USD | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 39,265 1000 USD | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 40,490 1000 USD | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 41,678 1000 USD | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 49,360 1000 USD | +18.4% |
| 2000 | 60,774 1000 USD | +23.1% |
| 2001 | 60,897 1000 USD | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 62,447 1000 USD | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 81,789 1000 USD | +31.0% |
| 2004 | 91,063 1000 USD | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 103,255 1000 USD | +13.4% |
| 2006 | 121,825 1000 USD | +18.0% |
| 2007 | 183,258 1000 USD | +50.4% |
| 2008 | 297,367 1000 USD | +62.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 297,367 1000 USD is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 75 1000 USD, 3964.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- China's 297,367 1000 USD is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,594 1000 USD, 34.6× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soil working equipment (trade) — Export Value in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +50150.0% | 2 1000 USD | 1,005 1000 USD |
| 1981 | +1186.3% | 1,306 1000 USD | 16,799 1000 USD |
| 2008 | +62.3% | 183,258 1000 USD | 297,367 1000 USD |
| 2007 | +50.4% | 121,825 1000 USD | 183,258 1000 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 767.5 1000 USD | 2 1000 USD | 1,040 1000 USD | 4 |
| 1970s | 1,195 1000 USD | 1,060 1000 USD | 1,376 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,989 1000 USD | 1,306 1000 USD | 33,830 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,821 1000 USD | 35,407 1000 USD | 49,360 1000 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 118,075 1000 USD | 60,774 1000 USD | 297,367 1000 USD | 9 |
Countries ranked near China
- 3 France 612,274 1000 USD compare
- 3 Viet Nam 2,493 1000 USD compare
- 4 Hungary 521,118 1000 USD compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 2,395 1000 USD compare
- 5 Canada 491,287 1000 USD compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 911 1000 USD compare
- 7 Sweden 290,511 1000 USD compare
- 8 China, mainland 269,925 1000 USD compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 115 1000 USD compare
- 9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 250,515 1000 USD compare
- 9 Melanesia 40 1000 USD compare
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8065 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.2517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soil working equipment (trade) — export value in China?
- Soil working equipment (trade) — export value in China was 297,367 1000 USD in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soil working equipment (trade) — export value recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 297,367 1000 USD in 2008.
- What is the lowest soil working equipment (trade) — export value recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 1000 USD in 1966.
- How does China rank for soil working equipment (trade) — export value?
- China ranks 6th out of 140 countries with data for 2008.
- Is soil working equipment (trade) — export value rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 613.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soil working equipment (trade) — Export Value. 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.