Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in USSR

USSR: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 64.84 million t in 1991. ▼ Falling

Latest (1991)
64.84 million t
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
5th
of 191 countries
All-time high
108.20 million t
in 1973
All-time low
62.70 million t
in 1988
Years of data
31
1961–1991

Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in USSR, 1961–1991

025.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M1961197619911961: 84.3M t1962: 69.7M t1963: 71.8M t1964: 93.6M t1965: 88.7M t1966: 87.9M t1967: 95.5M t1968: 102.2M t1969: 91.8M t1970: 96.8M t1971: 92.7M t1972: 78.3M t1973: 108.2M t1974: 81.0M t1975: 88.7M t1976: 85.1M t1977: 83.7M t1978: 86.1M t1979: 91.0M t1980: 67.0M t1981: 72.1M t1982: 78.2M t1983: 82.9M t1984: 85.5M t1985: 73.0M t1986: 87.2M t1987: 75.9M t1988: 62.7M t1989: 72.2M t1990: 63.6M t1991: 64.8M t

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

Analysis

USSR recorded 64.84 million t for roots and tubers, total — production in 1991.

That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in USSR peaked at 108.20 million t in 1973 and was at its lowest, 62.70 million t, in 1988.

That places USSR 5th out of 191 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in USSR, year by year

Annual values for Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in USSR, 1961 to 1991.
Year t Change
1961 84.31 million t
1962 69.68 million t -17.4%
1963 71.83 million t +3.1%
1964 93.64 million t +30.4%
1965 88.68 million t -5.3%
1966 87.85 million t -0.9%
1967 95.46 million t +8.7%
1968 102.18 million t +7.0%
1969 91.78 million t -10.2%
1970 96.78 million t +5.5%
1971 92.66 million t -4.3%
1972 78.33 million t -15.5%
1973 108.20 million t +38.1%
1974 81.02 million t -25.1%
1975 88.70 million t +9.5%
1976 85.10 million t -4.1%
1977 83.65 million t -1.7%
1978 86.12 million t +3.0%
1979 90.96 million t +5.6%
1980 67.02 million t -26.3%
1981 72.14 million t +7.6%
1982 78.19 million t +8.4%
1983 82.91 million t +6.0%
1984 85.52 million t +3.1%
1985 73.01 million t -14.6%
1986 87.19 million t +19.4%
1987 75.91 million t -12.9%
1988 62.70 million t -17.4%
1989 72.20 million t +15.2%
1990 63.61 million t -11.9%
1991 64.84 million t +1.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 87.27 million t 69.68 million t 102.18 million t 9
1970s 89.15 million t 78.33 million t 108.20 million t 10
1980s 75.68 million t 62.70 million t 87.19 million t 10
1990s 64.22 million t 63.61 million t 64.84 million t 2

Countries ranked near USSR

  1. 2 China, mainland 153.18 million t compare
  2. 3 Nigeria 141.87 million t compare
  3. 4 India 65.62 million t compare
  4. 6 Ghana 39.94 million t compare
  5. 7 Thailand 29.13 million t compare
  6. 8 Brazil 24.48 million t compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is roots and tubers, total — production in USSR?
Roots and tubers, total — production in USSR was 64.84 million t in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in USSR?
The highest recorded value was 108.20 million t in 1973.
What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in USSR?
The lowest recorded value was 62.70 million t in 1988.
How does USSR rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
USSR ranks 5th out of 191 countries with data for 1991.
Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in USSR?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 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.