Butter and Ghee — Production in USSR

USSR: Butter and Ghee — Production was 1.51 million t in 1991. ▲ Rising

Latest (1991)
1.51 million t
Change on year
down 13.1%
World rank
2nd
of 134 countries
All-time high
1.81 million t
in 1989
All-time low
884,000 t
in 1963
Years of data
31
1961–1991

Butter and Ghee — Production in USSR, 1961–1991

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M1961197619911961: 894.0k t1962: 940.0k t1963: 884.0k t1964: 952.0k t1965: 1.2M t1966: 1.2M t1967: 1.2M t1968: 1.2M t1969: 1.1M t1970: 1.1M t1971: 1.1M t1972: 1.2M t1973: 1.4M t1974: 1.4M t1975: 1.3M t1976: 1.4M t1977: 1.5M t1978: 1.5M t1979: 1.4M t1980: 1.4M t1981: 1.3M t1982: 1.4M t1983: 1.6M t1984: 1.6M t1985: 1.6M t1986: 1.7M t1987: 1.8M t1988: 1.8M t1989: 1.8M t1990: 1.7M t1991: 1.5M t

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

USSR recorded 1.51 million t for butter and ghee — production in 1991.

The figure is down 13.1% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, butter and ghee — production in USSR peaked at 1.81 million t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 884,000 t, in 1963.

USSR ranks 2nd of 134 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.05 million t 884,000 t 1.18 million t 9
1970s 1.31 million t 1.07 million t 1.50 million t 10
1980s 1.59 million t 1.32 million t 1.81 million t 10
1990s 1.63 million t 1.51 million t 1.74 million t 2

Countries ranked near USSR

  1. 1 India 5.48 million t compare
  2. 3 Pakistan 1.27 million t compare
  3. 4 Australia and New Zealand 536,750 t compare
  4. 5 Germany 468,880 t compare

See the full ranking of 165 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is butter and ghee — production in USSR?
Butter and ghee — production in USSR was 1.51 million t in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest butter and ghee — production recorded in USSR?
The highest recorded value was 1.81 million t in 1989.
What is the lowest butter and ghee — production recorded in USSR?
The lowest recorded value was 884,000 t in 1963.
How does USSR rank for butter and ghee — production?
USSR ranks 2nd out of 134 countries with data for 1991.
Is butter and ghee — production rising or falling in USSR?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this USSR data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Butter and Ghee — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Butter and Ghee — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
165 places, 8,877 data points, 1961–2023
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.