Cereals, primary — Production in USSR
USSR: Cereals, primary — Production was 155.96 million t in 1991. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
USSR recorded 155.96 million t for cereals, primary — production in 1991.
That represents a change of down 25.4% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in USSR peaked at 213.69 million t in 1978 and was at its lowest, 93.06 million t, in 1963.
USSR ranks 4th of 193 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128.35 million t | 93.06 million t | 153.23 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 172.78 million t | 125.50 million t | 213.69 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 171.10 million t | 143.73 million t | 188.00 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 182.53 million t | 155.96 million t | 209.11 million t | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
More agriculture & rural data for USSR
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,751 kg/ha (1991)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (1991)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 350,000 ha (1991)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 105,000 ha (1991)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 217,496 t (1991)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested 3.17 million ha (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 26.31 million t (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield 15,809 kg/ha (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 1.66 million ha (1991)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 65.93 million t (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in USSR?
- Cereals, primary — production in USSR was 155.96 million t in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 213.69 million t in 1978.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.06 million t in 1963.
- How does USSR rank for cereals, primary — production?
- USSR ranks 4th out of 193 countries with data for 1991.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.