Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in USSR
USSR: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 64.84 million t in 1991. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in USSR, 1961–1991
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.04 % change on previous year (1991)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -4.48 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -6.95 % change on previous year (1991)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -6.95 % change on previous year (1991)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -6.95 % change on previous year (1991)
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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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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.