Land area per crop type in USSR
USSR: Land area per crop type was 8.58 million hectares in 1991. ▼ Falling
Land area per crop type in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
USSR recorded 8.58 million hectares for land area per crop type in 1991.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.9% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land area per crop type in USSR peaked at 16.94 million hectares in 1962 and was at its lowest, 6.47 million hectares, in 1979.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.34 million hectares | 9.24 million hectares | 16.94 million hectares | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.24 million hectares | 6.47 million hectares | 10.02 million hectares | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.46 million hectares | 7.57 million hectares | 10.75 million hectares | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.58 million hectares | 8.58 million hectares | 10.58 million hectares | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
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 land area per crop type in USSR?
- Land area per crop type in USSR was 8.58 million hectares 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 land area per crop type recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 16.94 million hectares in 1962.
- What is the lowest land area per crop type recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.47 million hectares in 1979.
- How does USSR rank for land area per crop type?
- USSR ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 1991.
- Is land area per crop type rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. 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 Land area per crop type. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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