Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Singapore
Singapore: Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value was 43,744 1000 USD in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Singapore, 1962–2008
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 USD.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 43,744 1000 USD for soil working equipment (trade) — import value in 2008. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 118.1% on the previous year and up 446.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Singapore peaked at 43,744 1000 USD in 2008 and was at its lowest, 25 1000 USD, in 1971.
That places Singapore 34th out of 192 countries with data for 2008, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Singapore, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 136 1000 USD | — |
| 1963 | 182 1000 USD | +33.8% |
| 1964 | 196 1000 USD | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 149 1000 USD | -24.0% |
| 1966 | 50 1000 USD | -66.4% |
| 1967 | 127 1000 USD | +154.0% |
| 1968 | 203 1000 USD | +59.8% |
| 1969 | 95 1000 USD | -53.2% |
| 1970 | 74 1000 USD | -22.1% |
| 1971 | 25 1000 USD | -66.2% |
| 1972 | 43 1000 USD | +72.0% |
| 1973 | 347 1000 USD | +707.0% |
| 1974 | 614 1000 USD | +76.9% |
| 1975 | 1,412 1000 USD | +130.0% |
| 1976 | 600 1000 USD | -57.5% |
| 1977 | 790 1000 USD | +31.7% |
| 1978 | 1,224 1000 USD | +54.9% |
| 1979 | 1,543 1000 USD | +26.1% |
| 1980 | 1,960 1000 USD | +27.0% |
| 1981 | 2,072 1000 USD | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 2,364 1000 USD | +14.1% |
| 1983 | 1,196 1000 USD | -49.4% |
| 1984 | 1,100 1000 USD | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 1,297 1000 USD | +17.9% |
| 1986 | 1,189 1000 USD | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 1,657 1000 USD | +39.4% |
| 1988 | 2,231 1000 USD | +34.6% |
| 1989 | 2,517 1000 USD | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 3,132 1000 USD | +24.4% |
| 1991 | 4,097 1000 USD | +30.8% |
| 1992 | 3,736 1000 USD | -8.8% |
| 1993 | 6,900 1000 USD | +84.7% |
| 1994 | 11,218 1000 USD | +62.6% |
| 1995 | 13,252 1000 USD | +18.1% |
| 1996 | 13,495 1000 USD | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 19,809 1000 USD | +46.8% |
| 1998 | 8,004 1000 USD | -59.6% |
| 1999 | 11,385 1000 USD | +42.2% |
| 2000 | 9,776 1000 USD | -14.1% |
| 2001 | 8,106 1000 USD | -17.1% |
| 2002 | 7,315 1000 USD | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 7,929 1000 USD | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 15,948 1000 USD | +101.1% |
| 2005 | 19,912 1000 USD | +24.9% |
| 2006 | 27,802 1000 USD | +39.6% |
| 2007 | 20,056 1000 USD | -27.9% |
| 2008 | 43,744 1000 USD | +118.1% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 43,744 1000 USD is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,847 1000 USD, 1.5× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 43,744 1000 USD is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,792 1000 USD, 24.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soil working equipment (trade) — Import Value in Singapore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +707.0% | 43 1000 USD | 347 1000 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 142.25 1000 USD | 50 1000 USD | 203 1000 USD | 8 |
| 1970s | 667.2 1000 USD | 25 1000 USD | 1,543 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,758 1000 USD | 1,100 1000 USD | 2,517 1000 USD | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,503 1000 USD | 3,132 1000 USD | 19,809 1000 USD | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,843 1000 USD | 7,315 1000 USD | 43,744 1000 USD | 9 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 31 Paraguay 55,405 1000 USD compare
- 32 Greece 52,859 1000 USD compare
- 33 South Africa 48,661 1000 USD compare
- 35 Belgium-Luxembourg 41,996 1000 USD compare
- 36 Portugal 40,176 1000 USD compare
- 37 New Zealand 38,727 1000 USD compare
- 37 Australia and New Zealand 38,727 1000 USD compare
More environment data for Singapore
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.9965 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 42.94 % change on previous year (1990)
- Standard Deviation 0.253 °C (1990)
- Temperature change 0.647 °C (1990)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 5.11 % 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 -5.19 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Singapore?
- Soil working equipment (trade) — import value in Singapore was 43,744 1000 USD in 2008, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 43,744 1000 USD in 2008.
- What is the lowest soil working equipment (trade) — import value recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 25 1000 USD in 1971.
- How does Singapore rank for soil working equipment (trade) — import value?
- Singapore ranks 34th out of 192 countries with data for 2008.
- Is soil working equipment (trade) — import value rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 446.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Soil working equipment (trade) — Import 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.