Pig meat production in USSR
USSR: Pig meat production was 6.00 million tonnes in 1991. ▲ Rising
Latest (1991)
6.00 million tonnes
Change on year
down 9.9%
Rank
1st
of 1 groups
All-time high
6.70 million tonnes
in 1989
All-time low
2.81 million tonnes
in 1964
Years of data
31
1961–1991
Pig meat production 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.
Analysis
USSR recorded 6.00 million tonnes for pig meat production in 1991.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pig meat production in USSR peaked at 6.70 million tonnes in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2.81 million tonnes, in 1964.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.00 million tonnes | 2.81 million tonnes | 4.46 million tonnes | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.14 million tonnes | 4.23 million tonnes | 5.75 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.89 million tonnes | 5.18 million tonnes | 6.70 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.33 million tonnes | 6.00 million tonnes | 6.65 million tonnes | 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 pig meat production in USSR?
- Pig meat production in USSR was 6.00 million tonnes 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 pig meat production recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 6.70 million tonnes in 1989.
- What is the lowest pig meat production recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.81 million tonnes in 1964.
- How does USSR rank for pig meat production?
- USSR ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 1991.
- Is pig meat production rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. 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 Pig meat production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Expressed in tonnes.