Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in USSR

USSR: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 1,260 kg/ha in 1990. ▲ Rising

Latest (1990)
1,260 kg/ha
Change on year
down 16.0%
World rank
39th
of 67 countries
All-time high
1,750 kg/ha
in 1982
All-time low
784.6 kg/ha
in 1963
Years of data
30
1961–1990

Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in USSR, 1961–1990

05001.0k1.5k2.0k1961197519901961: 855.3 kg/ha1962: 884.1 kg/ha1963: 784.6 kg/ha1964: 876.5 kg/ha1965: 792.5 kg/ha1966: 1.2k kg/ha1967: 1.4k kg/ha1968: 1.4k kg/ha1969: 1.4k kg/ha1970: 1.7k kg/ha1971: 1.0k kg/ha1972: 1.2k kg/ha1973: 1.2k kg/ha1974: 1.3k kg/ha1975: 857.1 kg/ha1976: 1.3k kg/ha1977: 800 kg/ha1978: 1.0k kg/ha1979: 1.0k kg/ha1980: 1.0k kg/ha1981: 1.0k kg/ha1982: 1.8k kg/ha1983: 1.0k kg/ha1984: 1.0k kg/ha1985: 1.2k kg/ha1986: 1.8k kg/ha1987: 1.5k kg/ha1988: 1.8k kg/ha1989: 1.5k kg/ha1990: 1.3k kg/ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

In 1990, cereals n.e.c. — yield in USSR stood at 1,260 kg/ha.

That represents a change of down 16.0% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in USSR peaked at 1,750 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 784.6 kg/ha, in 1963.

That places USSR 39th out of 67 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in USSR, year by year

Annual values for Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in USSR, 1961 to 1990.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 855.3 kg/ha —
1962 884.1 kg/ha +3.4%
1963 784.6 kg/ha -11.3%
1964 876.5 kg/ha +11.7%
1965 792.5 kg/ha -9.6%
1966 1,167 kg/ha +47.2%
1967 1,353 kg/ha +16.0%
1968 1,400 kg/ha +3.5%
1969 1,353 kg/ha -3.4%
1970 1,667 kg/ha +23.2%
1971 1,000 kg/ha -40.0%
1972 1,250 kg/ha +25.0%
1973 1,222 kg/ha -2.2%
1974 1,300 kg/ha +6.4%
1975 857.1 kg/ha -34.1%
1976 1,333 kg/ha +55.6%
1977 800 kg/ha -40.0%
1978 1,000 kg/ha +25.0%
1979 1,000 kg/ha +0.0%
1980 1,000 kg/ha +0.0%
1981 1,000 kg/ha +0.0%
1982 1,750 kg/ha +75.0%
1983 1,000 kg/ha -42.9%
1984 1,000 kg/ha +0.0%
1985 1,200 kg/ha +20.0%
1986 1,750 kg/ha +45.8%
1987 1,500 kg/ha -14.3%
1988 1,750 kg/ha +16.7%
1989 1,500 kg/ha -14.3%
1990 1,260 kg/ha -16.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1,052 kg/ha 784.6 kg/ha 1,400 kg/ha 9
1970s 1,143 kg/ha 800 kg/ha 1,667 kg/ha 10
1980s 1,345 kg/ha 1,000 kg/ha 1,750 kg/ha 10
1990s 1,260 kg/ha 1,260 kg/ha 1,260 kg/ha 1

Countries ranked near USSR

  1. 36 Kazakhstan 1,498 kg/ha
  2. 37 Bulgaria 1,494 kg/ha compare
  3. 38 Romania 1,422 kg/ha compare
  4. 40 Botswana 1,227 kg/ha compare
  5. 41 Latvia 1,222 kg/ha
  6. 42 Estonia 1,164 kg/ha

See the full ranking of 97 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals n.e.c. — yield in USSR?
Cereals n.e.c. — yield in USSR was 1,260 kg/ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in USSR?
The highest recorded value was 1,750 kg/ha in 1982.
What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in USSR?
The lowest recorded value was 784.6 kg/ha in 1963.
How does USSR rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
USSR ranks 39th out of 67 countries with data for 1990.
Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in USSR?
Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
97 places, 4,209 data points, 1961–2024
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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.