Sorghum — Area harvested in USSR
USSR: Sorghum — Area harvested was 86,000 ha in 1991. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Area harvested in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
USSR recorded 86,000 ha for sorghum — area harvested in 1991.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 24.6% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in USSR peaked at 196,000 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 35,000 ha, in 1971.
That places USSR 41st out of 131 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,889 ha | 42,000 ha | 99,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 87,200 ha | 35,000 ha | 196,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 136,300 ha | 92,000 ha | 192,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 100,000 ha | 86,000 ha | 114,000 ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 38 France 100,480 ha compare
- 39 Côte d'Ivoire 100,000 ha compare
- 40 Malawi 96,872 ha compare
- 42 Russian Federation 85,510 ha
- 43 El Salvador 61,369 ha compare
- 44 Saudi Arabia 60,475 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for USSR
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,751 kg/ha (1991)
- Tomatoes — Production 6.91 million t (1991)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 350,000 ha (1991)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 105,000 ha (1991)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 217,496 t (1991)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested 3.17 million ha (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 26.31 million t (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield 15,809 kg/ha (1991)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 1.66 million ha (1991)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 65.93 million t (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in USSR?
- Sorghum — area harvested in USSR was 86,000 ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 196,000 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,000 ha in 1971.
- How does USSR rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- USSR ranks 41st out of 131 countries with data for 1991.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. 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, published as part of Sorghum — 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.