Tractor Models by Manufacturer Country, Decade by Decade

The chart below counts how many new tractor models manufacturers from each country introduced per decade. It captures the big shifts of the industry: American dominance through the mid-century, the rise of Japanese compact tractors from the 1970s, and the consolidation of European production in Germany and Italy.

1633274906548171900192019401960198020002020United States — 1900: 9United States — 1910: 141United States — 1920: 98United States — 1930: 129United States — 1940: 76United States — 1950: 221United States — 1960: 217United States — 1970: 350United States — 1980: 380United States — 1990: 424United States — 2000: 743United States — 2010: 478United States — 2020: 97Japan — 1960: 9Japan — 1970: 185Japan — 1980: 368Japan — 1990: 221Japan — 2000: 355Japan — 2010: 241Japan — 2020: 38Canada — 1910: 1Canada — 1920: 2Canada — 1930: 9Canada — 1940: 16Canada — 1950: 25Canada — 1960: 53Canada — 1970: 86Canada — 1980: 101Canada — 1990: 98Canada — 2000: 182Canada — 2010: 166Canada — 2020: 63Germany — 1920: 8Germany — 1930: 32Germany — 1940: 9Germany — 1950: 97Germany — 1960: 65Germany — 1970: 80Germany — 1980: 102Germany — 1990: 117Germany — 2000: 133Germany — 2010: 101Germany — 2020: 24Italy — 1910: 1Italy — 1920: 2Italy — 1950: 15Italy — 1960: 30Italy — 1970: 92Italy — 1980: 148Italy — 1990: 129Italy — 2000: 232Italy — 2010: 98Italy — 2020: 5South Korea — 1980: 5South Korea — 1990: 18South Korea — 2000: 138South Korea — 2010: 160South Korea — 2020: 51Czech Republic — 1940: 4Czech Republic — 1950: 2Czech Republic — 1960: 21Czech Republic — 1970: 23Czech Republic — 1980: 22Czech Republic — 1990: 54Czech Republic — 2000: 39Czech Republic — 2010: 43Czech Republic — 2020: 13France — 1920: 1France — 1930: 4France — 1940: 3France — 1950: 15France — 1960: 33France — 1970: 23France — 1980: 76France — 1990: 34France — 2000: 27
United StatesJapanCanadaGermanyItalySouth KoreaCzech RepublicFrance
DecadeUnited StatesJapanCanadaGermanyItalySouth KoreaCzech RepublicFrance
1900s90000000
1910s1410101000
1920s980282001
1930s12909320004
1940s7601690043
1950s22102597150215
1960s217953653002133
1970s35018586809202323
1980s38036810110214852276
1990s42422198117129185434
2000s7433551821332321383927
2010s47824116610198160430
2020s97386324551130

Methodology: computed from the 9,360 tractor models with known horsepower and production years in our database; each model is counted in its decade of introduction. → Tractor-Info