Sunflower seed — Area harvested in USSR
USSR: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 4.49 million ha in 1991. ▼ Falling
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — area harvested in USSR is 4.49 million ha, measured in 1991.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.4% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in USSR peaked at 5.00 million ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 3.85 million ha, in 1986.
USSR ranks 3rd of 90 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.65 million ha | 4.22 million ha | 5.00 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.51 million ha | 4.04 million ha | 4.78 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.18 million ha | 3.85 million ha | 4.46 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.57 million ha | 4.49 million ha | 4.65 million ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 1 Russian Federation 9.85 million ha
- 2 Ukraine 5.03 million ha
- 4 Argentina 1.84 million ha compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 1.26 million ha
- 6 Romania 1.24 million 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in USSR?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in USSR was 4.49 million ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 5.00 million ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.85 million ha in 1986.
- How does USSR rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- USSR ranks 3rd out of 90 countries with data for 1991.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.