What is the difference in cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel between Netherlands and USSR?

225,000 tonnes, with Netherlands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and USSR?

31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Netherlands vs USSR: Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel

Netherlands

2.44 million tonnes

in 2023

USSR

2.22 million tonnes

in 1991

Netherlands rank

12th

USSR rank

15th

Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel over time

Netherlands
USSR

How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 2.44 million tonnes against 2.22 million tonnes in USSR, a difference of 225,000 tonnes.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.1 times USSR's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Netherlands ranks 12th and USSR ranks 15th of 181 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Netherlands	USSR	Difference	Ahead
1960s	53,889 tonnes	924,444 tonnes	870,556 tonnes	USSR
1970s	304,800 tonnes	1.09 million tonnes	786,000 tonnes	USSR
1980s	723,700 tonnes	1.95 million tonnes	1.23 million tonnes	USSR
1990s	881,500 tonnes	5.30 million tonnes	4.42 million tonnes	USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel, Netherlands or USSR?: Netherlands, at 2.44 million tonnes against 2.22 million tonnes in USSR as of 2023.
What is the difference in cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel between Netherlands and USSR?: 225,000 tonnes, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and USSR?: 31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Netherlands and USSR rank globally for cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel?: Netherlands ranks 12th and USSR ranks 15th of 181 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 181 places, 9,505 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Quantity of cereal crops allocated to other uses (and not to human food or animal feed), predominantly industrial uses such as biofuel production.