Meat, Total — Production in USSR

USSR: Meat, Total — Production was 18.50 million t in 1991. ▲ Rising

Latest (1991)
18.50 million t
Change on year
down 7.5%
World rank
4th
of 194 countries
All-time high
20.09 million t
in 1989
All-time low
8.29 million t
in 1964
Years of data
31
1961–1991

Meat, Total — Production in USSR, 1961–1991

05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M1961197619911961: 8.7M t1962: 9.5M t1963: 10.2M t1964: 8.3M t1965: 10.0M t1966: 10.7M t1967: 11.5M t1968: 11.6M t1969: 11.8M t1970: 12.3M t1971: 13.3M t1972: 13.6M t1973: 13.5M t1974: 14.6M t1975: 15.1M t1976: 13.4M t1977: 14.7M t1978: 15.5M t1979: 15.5M t1980: 15.1M t1981: 15.2M t1982: 15.4M t1983: 16.4M t1984: 17.0M t1985: 17.1M t1986: 18.0M t1987: 18.9M t1988: 19.7M t1989: 20.1M t1990: 20.0M t1991: 18.5M t

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for meat, total — production in USSR is 18.50 million t, measured in 1991.

The figure is down 7.5% on the previous year and up 21.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat, total — production in USSR peaked at 20.09 million t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 8.29 million t, in 1964.

That places USSR 4th out of 194 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Meat, Total — Production in USSR, year by year

Annual values for Meat, Total — Production in USSR, 1961 to 1991.
Year t Change
1961 8.70 million t —
1962 9.46 million t +8.7%
1963 10.20 million t +7.8%
1964 8.29 million t -18.7%
1965 9.96 million t +20.1%
1966 10.70 million t +7.5%
1967 11.52 million t +7.6%
1968 11.65 million t +1.2%
1969 11.77 million t +1.0%
1970 12.28 million t +4.3%
1971 13.27 million t +8.0%
1972 13.63 million t +2.8%
1973 13.53 million t -0.8%
1974 14.62 million t +8.1%
1975 15.06 million t +3.0%
1976 13.39 million t -11.1%
1977 14.72 million t +9.9%
1978 15.50 million t +5.3%
1979 15.49 million t -0.0%
1980 15.07 million t -2.7%
1981 15.20 million t +0.8%
1982 15.37 million t +1.1%
1983 16.45 million t +7.0%
1984 16.97 million t +3.2%
1985 17.13 million t +1.0%
1986 18.03 million t +5.3%
1987 18.88 million t +4.7%
1988 19.73 million t +4.5%
1989 20.09 million t +1.8%
1990 20.01 million t -0.4%
1991 18.50 million t -7.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 10.25 million t 8.29 million t 11.77 million t 9
1970s 14.15 million t 12.28 million t 15.50 million t 10
1980s 17.29 million t 15.07 million t 20.09 million t 10
1990s 19.25 million t 18.50 million t 20.01 million t 2

Countries ranked near USSR

  1. 1 China 99.58 million t compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 97.86 million t compare
  3. 3 Brazil 29.64 million t compare
  4. 3 Viet Nam 5.60 million t compare
  5. 4 Türkiye 4.68 million t compare
  6. 5 India 13.21 million t compare
  7. 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.80 million t compare
  8. 6 Russian Federation 12.87 million t
  9. 7 Mexico 8.35 million t compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat, total — production in USSR?
Meat, total — production in USSR was 18.50 million t in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat, total — production recorded in USSR?
The highest recorded value was 20.09 million t in 1989.
What is the lowest meat, total — production recorded in USSR?
The lowest recorded value was 8.29 million t in 1964.
How does USSR rank for meat, total — production?
USSR ranks 4th out of 194 countries with data for 1991.
Is meat, total — production rising or falling in USSR?
Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. 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 Meat, Total — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Meat, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 14,172 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.