Sorghum — Production in USSR
USSR: Sorghum — Production was 96,500 t in 1991. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Production in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 1991, sorghum — production in USSR stood at 96,500 t.
The figure is down 15.4% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — production in USSR peaked at 238,000 t in 1987 and was at its lowest, 50,000 t, in 1967.
That places USSR 42nd out of 120 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.
Sorghum — Production in USSR, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 60,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 65,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 86,000 t | +32.3% |
| 1965 | 61,000 t | -29.1% |
| 1966 | 58,000 t | -4.9% |
| 1967 | 50,000 t | -13.8% |
| 1968 | 58,000 t | +16.0% |
| 1969 | 75,000 t | +29.3% |
| 1970 | 54,000 t | -28.0% |
| 1971 | 56,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 50,000 t | -10.7% |
| 1973 | 98,000 t | +96.0% |
| 1974 | 219,000 t | +123.5% |
| 1975 | 106,000 t | -51.6% |
| 1976 | 157,000 t | +48.1% |
| 1977 | 137,000 t | -12.7% |
| 1978 | 96,000 t | -29.9% |
| 1979 | 89,000 t | -7.3% |
| 1980 | 119,000 t | +33.7% |
| 1981 | 113,000 t | -5.0% |
| 1982 | 125,000 t | +10.6% |
| 1983 | 150,500 t | +20.4% |
| 1984 | 181,700 t | +20.7% |
| 1985 | 202,500 t | +11.4% |
| 1986 | 112,300 t | -44.5% |
| 1987 | 238,000 t | +111.9% |
| 1988 | 148,000 t | -37.8% |
| 1989 | 159,000 t | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 114,000 t | -28.3% |
| 1991 | 96,500 t | -15.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63,667 t | 50,000 t | 86,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 106,200 t | 50,000 t | 219,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 154,900 t | 112,300 t | 238,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 105,250 t | 96,500 t | 114,000 t | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — production in USSR?
- Sorghum — production in USSR was 96,500 t in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — production recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 238,000 t in 1987.
- What is the lowest sorghum — production recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 t in 1967.
- How does USSR rank for sorghum — production?
- USSR ranks 42nd out of 120 countries with data for 1991.
- Is sorghum — production rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. 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 — 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.