Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in USSR
USSR: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was 0.3% in 1991. ▼ Falling
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in USSR, 1971–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 1991, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in USSR stood at 0.3%. That is the lowest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is down 33.9% on the previous year and down 67.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in USSR peaked at 2.0% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 1991.
That places USSR 77th out of 225 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in USSR, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.1% | — |
| 1972 | 1.1% | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 1.7% | +51.5% |
| 1974 | 2.0% | +18.0% |
| 1975 | 1.0% | -50.3% |
| 1976 | 1.5% | +55.5% |
| 1977 | 1.5% | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 1.3% | -14.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8% | -37.9% |
| 1980 | 1.0% | +27.5% |
| 1981 | 1.1% | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 1.2% | +12.7% |
| 1983 | 0.9% | -22.4% |
| 1984 | 0.7% | -23.1% |
| 1985 | 1.4% | +92.4% |
| 1986 | 1.1% | -20.5% |
| 1987 | 0.4% | -59.9% |
| 1988 | 0.7% | +48.0% |
| 1989 | 0.8% | +19.1% |
| 1990 | 0.5% | -33.0% |
| 1991 | 0.3% | -33.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2.0% | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 74 Turkey 0.4% compare
- 75 Czechia 0.4%
- 76 Nicaragua 0.4% compare
- 78 Azerbaijan 0.2%
- 79 Congo 0.2% compare
- 80 New Caledonia 0.2% compare
More agriculture & rural data for USSR
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate -94.47 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -6.5 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -6.27 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate -0.9612 % change on previous year (1991)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate -5.46 % change on previous year (1991)
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.76 % change on previous year (1991)
- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0253 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying, annual growth rate 4.88 % change on previous year (1991)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -8.03 % change on previous year (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in USSR?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in USSR was 0.3% in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 1974.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 1991.
- How does USSR rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- USSR ranks 77th out of 225 countries with data for 1991.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this USSR data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.