Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in USSR
USSR: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 6.01 million ha in 1991. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 1991, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in USSR stood at 6.01 million ha.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in USSR peaked at 8.88 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 5.83 million ha, in 1990.
USSR ranks 4th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in USSR, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.88 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 8.69 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 8.50 million ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 8.52 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 8.61 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 8.39 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 8.33 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 8.30 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 8.10 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 8.06 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 7.89 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 7.96 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 8.02 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 7.98 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 7.91 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 7.09 million ha | -10.4% |
| 1977 | 7.07 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 7.04 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 6.96 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 6.93 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 6.84 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 6.86 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 6.88 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 6.83 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 6.46 million ha | -5.4% |
| 1986 | 6.37 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 6.24 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 6.24 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6.01 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 5.83 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 6.01 million ha | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.48 million ha | 8.10 million ha | 8.88 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.60 million ha | 6.96 million ha | 8.06 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.57 million ha | 6.01 million ha | 6.93 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.92 million ha | 5.83 million ha | 6.01 million ha | 2 |
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More agriculture & rural data for USSR
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -7.22 % change on previous year (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.22 % change on previous year (1991)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -20.55 % change on previous year (1991)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -17.55 % change on previous year (1991)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value 42.00 million 1000 Int$ (1991)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value 3.29 million 1000 Int$ (1991)
- Cattle — Stocks 115.64 million An (1991)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production 403,000 t (1991)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 40.30 million An (1991)
- Chickens — Stocks 1.12 million 1000 An (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in USSR?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in USSR was 6.01 million ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 8.88 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.83 million ha in 1990.
- How does USSR rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- USSR ranks 4th out of 191 countries with data for 1991.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.