Pulses, Total — Area harvested in USSR
USSR: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 4.95 million ha in 1991. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pulses, total — area harvested in USSR is 4.95 million ha, measured in 1991.
The figure is down 9.1% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in USSR peaked at 10.67 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 4.27 million ha, in 1961.
USSR ranks 4th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in USSR, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4.27 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 7.11 million ha | +66.3% |
| 1963 | 10.67 million ha | +50.2% |
| 1964 | 10.50 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 6.76 million ha | -35.6% |
| 1966 | 5.93 million ha | -12.3% |
| 1967 | 5.46 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1968 | 5.05 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 5.19 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 5.07 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 5.18 million ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 5.86 million ha | +13.1% |
| 1973 | 6.08 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 5.78 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 5.67 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 5.15 million ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 5.20 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 5.06 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 5.02 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 4.70 million ha | -6.5% |
| 1981 | 5.65 million ha | +20.3% |
| 1982 | 5.16 million ha | -8.7% |
| 1983 | 6.11 million ha | +18.4% |
| 1984 | 6.70 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 6.52 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 6.72 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 6.42 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 6.43 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6.06 million ha | -5.7% |
| 1990 | 5.45 million ha | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 4.95 million ha | -9.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in USSR changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +66.3% | 4.27 million ha | 7.11 million ha |
| 1963 | +50.2% | 7.11 million ha | 10.67 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.77 million ha | 4.27 million ha | 10.67 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.41 million ha | 5.02 million ha | 6.08 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.05 million ha | 4.70 million ha | 6.72 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.20 million ha | 4.95 million ha | 5.45 million ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 1 India 28.01 million ha compare
- 2 Niger 5.73 million ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 5.30 million ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 1.55 million ha compare
- 5 Myanmar 3.39 million ha compare
- 5 Türkiye 802,016 ha compare
- 6 Canada 3.33 million ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 797,205 ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 673,893 ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 3.30 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for USSR
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -5.82 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -5.81 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -6.5 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -6.27 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -6.83 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate -94.47 % change on previous year (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pulses, total — area harvested in USSR?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in USSR was 4.95 million ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 10.67 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.27 million ha in 1961.
- How does USSR rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- USSR ranks 4th out of 169 countries with data for 1991.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. 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, published as part of Pulses, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.