Sugar Crops Primary — Production in USSR

USSR: Sugar Crops Primary — Production was 65.93 million t in 1991. ▲ Rising

Latest (1991)
65.93 million t
Change on year
down 20.5%
World rank
7th
of 155 countries
All-time high
99.87 million t
in 1976
All-time low
44.05 million t
in 1963
Years of data
31
1961–1991

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in USSR, 1961–1991

020.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M1961197619911961: 50.9M t1962: 47.4M t1963: 44.1M t1964: 81.2M t1965: 72.3M t1966: 74.0M t1967: 87.1M t1968: 94.3M t1969: 71.2M t1970: 78.9M t1971: 72.2M t1972: 76.4M t1973: 87.0M t1974: 77.9M t1975: 66.3M t1976: 99.9M t1977: 93.1M t1978: 93.5M t1979: 76.2M t1980: 81.0M t1981: 60.8M t1982: 71.4M t1983: 81.8M t1984: 85.4M t1985: 82.4M t1986: 79.3M t1987: 90.4M t1988: 88.0M t1989: 97.4M t1990: 83.0M t1991: 65.9M t

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

Analysis

In 1991, sugar crops primary — production in USSR stood at 65.93 million t.

The figure is down 20.5% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — production in USSR peaked at 99.87 million t in 1976 and was at its lowest, 44.05 million t, in 1963.

USSR ranks 7th of 155 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

Sugar Crops Primary — Production in USSR, year by year

Annual values for Sugar Crops Primary — Production in USSR, 1961 to 1991.
Year t Change
1961 50.91 million t —
1962 47.44 million t -6.8%
1963 44.05 million t -7.1%
1964 81.17 million t +84.3%
1965 72.28 million t -11.0%
1966 74.04 million t +2.4%
1967 87.11 million t +17.7%
1968 94.34 million t +8.3%
1969 71.16 million t -24.6%
1970 78.94 million t +10.9%
1971 72.19 million t -8.6%
1972 76.42 million t +5.9%
1973 87.05 million t +13.9%
1974 77.95 million t -10.5%
1975 66.31 million t -14.9%
1976 99.87 million t +50.6%
1977 93.10 million t -6.8%
1978 93.48 million t +0.4%
1979 76.21 million t -18.5%
1980 80.99 million t +6.3%
1981 60.84 million t -24.9%
1982 71.37 million t +17.3%
1983 81.84 million t +14.7%
1984 85.44 million t +4.4%
1985 82.39 million t -3.6%
1986 79.32 million t -3.7%
1987 90.41 million t +14.0%
1988 88.03 million t -2.6%
1989 97.41 million t +10.7%
1990 82.98 million t -14.8%
1991 65.93 million t -20.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 69.17 million t 44.05 million t 94.34 million t 9
1970s 82.15 million t 66.31 million t 99.87 million t 10
1980s 81.81 million t 60.84 million t 97.41 million t 10
1990s 74.46 million t 65.93 million t 82.98 million t 2

Countries ranked near USSR

  1. 4 China, mainland 114.51 million t compare
  2. 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.24 million t compare
  3. 5 Pakistan 84.27 million t compare
  4. 6 Thailand 82.44 million t compare
  5. 6 Viet Nam 11.84 million t compare
  6. 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.45 million t compare
  7. 8 Mexico 53.05 million t compare
  8. 9 Russian Federation 46.68 million t
  9. 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.68 million t compare
  10. 10 Germany 36.68 million t compare
  11. 10 United Republic of Tanzania 3.34 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is sugar crops primary — production in USSR?
Sugar crops primary — production in USSR was 65.93 million t in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sugar crops primary — production recorded in USSR?
The highest recorded value was 99.87 million t in 1976.
What is the lowest sugar crops primary — production recorded in USSR?
The lowest recorded value was 44.05 million t in 1963.
How does USSR rank for sugar crops primary — production?
USSR ranks 7th out of 155 countries with data for 1991.
Is sugar crops primary — production rising or falling in USSR?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Sugar Crops Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 10,962 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.