Crop yields in USSR
USSR: Crop yields was 1.57 tonnes per hectare in 1991. ▲ Rising
Crop yields in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for crop yields in USSR is 1.57 tonnes per hectare, measured in 1991.
The figure is down 25.8% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop yields in USSR peaked at 2.11 tonnes per hectare in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.7228 tonnes per hectare, in 1963.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 0.7228 tonnes per hectare | 1.35 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 1.81 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | 1.83 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.84 tonnes per hectare | 1.57 tonnes per hectare | 2.11 tonnes per hectare | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 1 New Zealand 10.01 tonnes per hectare compare
- 3 United Kingdom 7.28 tonnes per hectare compare
- 4 Zambia 7.09 tonnes per hectare compare
More agriculture & rural data for USSR
- Milk per animal 2,270 kilograms per animal (1991)
- Share of cereals allocated to industrial uses 1.3% (1991)
- Share of cereals allocated to human food vs. GDP per capita 29.6% (1991)
- Share of cereals allocated to human food 29.6% (1991)
- Share of cereals allocated to animal feed 69.1% (1991)
- Per capita meat consumption in the United States 11.12 kilograms per year per capita (1991)
- Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita 33.98 kilograms per hectare (1991)
- Cereals allocated to food, animal feed and fuel 2.22 million tonnes (1991)
- Per capita meat consumption by type 0.8254 kilograms per year per capita (1991)
- Global meat demand if everyone ate like the average citizen of... 356.64 million tonnes (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop yields in USSR?
- Crop yields in USSR was 1.57 tonnes per hectare 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 crop yields recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 2.11 tonnes per hectare in 1990.
- What is the lowest crop yields recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7228 tonnes per hectare in 1963.
- How does USSR rank for crop yields?
- USSR ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 1991.
- Is crop yields rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Crop yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.