Milk, Total — Production in USSR

USSR: Milk, Total — Production was 101.33 million t in 1991. ▲ Rising

Latest (1991)
101.33 million t
Change on year
down 6.6%
World rank
2nd
of 185 countries
All-time high
108.80 million t
in 1989
All-time low
61.25 million t
in 1963
Years of data
31
1961–1991

Milk, Total — Production in USSR, 1961–1991

025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M1961197619911961: 62.6M t1962: 63.9M t1963: 61.2M t1964: 63.3M t1965: 72.6M t1966: 76.0M t1967: 79.9M t1968: 82.3M t1969: 81.5M t1970: 83.0M t1971: 83.1M t1972: 83.2M t1973: 88.3M t1974: 91.8M t1975: 90.7M t1976: 89.1M t1977: 94.9M t1978: 94.6M t1979: 93.4M t1980: 90.9M t1981: 88.9M t1982: 91.0M t1983: 96.4M t1984: 97.9M t1985: 98.6M t1986: 102.1M t1987: 103.8M t1988: 106.7M t1989: 108.8M t1990: 108.5M t1991: 101.3M t

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for milk, total — production in USSR is 101.33 million t, measured in 1991.

The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, milk, total — production in USSR peaked at 108.80 million t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 61.25 million t, in 1963.

That places USSR 2nd out of 185 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.

Milk, Total — Production in USSR, year by year

Annual values for Milk, Total — Production in USSR, 1961 to 1991.
Year t Change
1961 62.56 million t —
1962 63.93 million t +2.2%
1963 61.25 million t -4.2%
1964 63.26 million t +3.3%
1965 72.56 million t +14.7%
1966 75.99 million t +4.7%
1967 79.90 million t +5.1%
1968 82.30 million t +3.0%
1969 81.50 million t -1.0%
1970 83.00 million t +1.8%
1971 83.10 million t +0.1%
1972 83.20 million t +0.1%
1973 88.30 million t +6.1%
1974 91.80 million t +4.0%
1975 90.70 million t -1.2%
1976 89.06 million t -1.8%
1977 94.93 million t +6.6%
1978 94.63 million t -0.3%
1979 93.39 million t -1.3%
1980 90.89 million t -2.7%
1981 88.87 million t -2.2%
1982 91.01 million t +2.4%
1983 96.42 million t +5.9%
1984 97.91 million t +1.5%
1985 98.60 million t +0.7%
1986 102.14 million t +3.6%
1987 103.79 million t +1.6%
1988 106.71 million t +2.8%
1989 108.80 million t +2.0%
1990 108.50 million t -0.3%
1991 101.33 million t -6.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 71.47 million t 61.25 million t 82.30 million t 9
1970s 89.21 million t 83.00 million t 94.93 million t 10
1980s 98.51 million t 88.87 million t 108.80 million t 10
1990s 104.92 million t 101.33 million t 108.50 million t 2

Countries ranked near USSR

  1. 1 India 247.84 million t compare
  2. 3 Pakistan 66.67 million t compare
  3. 3 Türkiye 22.49 million t compare
  4. 4 China 45.93 million t compare
  5. 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8.51 million t compare
  6. 5 China, mainland 45.44 million t compare
  7. 5 United Republic of Tanzania 4.40 million t compare

See the full ranking of 232 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is milk, total — production in USSR?
Milk, total — production in USSR was 101.33 million t in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest milk, total — production recorded in USSR?
The highest recorded value was 108.80 million t in 1989.
What is the lowest milk, total — production recorded in USSR?
The lowest recorded value was 61.25 million t in 1963.
How does USSR rank for milk, total — production?
USSR ranks 2nd out of 185 countries with data for 1991.
Is milk, total — production rising or falling in USSR?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. 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 Milk, Total — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Milk, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
232 places, 13,450 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.