Vegetables Primary — Production in USSR

USSR: Vegetables Primary — Production was 26.31 million t in 1991. ▲ Rising

Latest (1991)
26.31 million t
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
4th
of 191 countries
All-time high
31.66 million t
in 1984
All-time low
15.22 million t
in 1963
Years of data
31
1961–1991

Vegetables Primary — Production in USSR, 1961–1991

010.0M20.0M30.0M1961197619911961: 16.3M t1962: 16.1M t1963: 15.2M t1964: 19.5M t1965: 17.7M t1966: 18.1M t1967: 20.6M t1968: 19.1M t1969: 18.8M t1970: 20.4M t1971: 20.9M t1972: 20.0M t1973: 26.0M t1974: 24.9M t1975: 23.4M t1976: 25.1M t1977: 24.2M t1978: 28.0M t1979: 27.3M t1980: 27.4M t1981: 27.2M t1982: 30.1M t1983: 29.6M t1984: 31.7M t1985: 28.2M t1986: 29.9M t1987: 29.3M t1988: 29.4M t1989: 28.0M t1990: 26.7M t1991: 26.3M t

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

Analysis

In 1991, vegetables primary — production in USSR stood at 26.31 million t.

The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in USSR peaked at 31.66 million t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 15.22 million t, in 1963.

That places USSR 4th out of 191 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Vegetables Primary — Production in USSR, year by year

Annual values for Vegetables Primary — Production in USSR, 1961 to 1991.
Year t Change
1961 16.25 million t —
1962 16.05 million t -1.2%
1963 15.22 million t -5.2%
1964 19.54 million t +28.4%
1965 17.70 million t -9.4%
1966 18.09 million t +2.2%
1967 20.61 million t +13.9%
1968 19.09 million t -7.4%
1969 18.82 million t -1.4%
1970 20.42 million t +8.5%
1971 20.93 million t +2.5%
1972 20.03 million t -4.3%
1973 26.01 million t +29.9%
1974 24.90 million t -4.3%
1975 23.44 million t -5.9%
1976 25.09 million t +7.0%
1977 24.25 million t -3.4%
1978 28.00 million t +15.5%
1979 27.33 million t -2.4%
1980 27.42 million t +0.4%
1981 27.21 million t -0.8%
1982 30.11 million t +10.7%
1983 29.61 million t -1.7%
1984 31.66 million t +6.9%
1985 28.23 million t -10.8%
1986 29.86 million t +5.8%
1987 29.34 million t -1.8%
1988 29.39 million t +0.2%
1989 28.03 million t -4.6%
1990 26.69 million t -4.8%
1991 26.31 million t -1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 17.93 million t 15.22 million t 20.61 million t 9
1970s 24.04 million t 20.03 million t 28.00 million t 10
1980s 29.09 million t 27.21 million t 31.66 million t 10
1990s 26.50 million t 26.31 million t 26.69 million t 2

Countries ranked near USSR

  1. 1 China 603.55 million t compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 601.28 million t compare
  3. 3 India 146.00 million t compare
  4. 3 Türkiye 28.90 million t compare
  5. 4 Viet Nam 18.25 million t compare
  6. 5 Egypt 19.06 million t compare
  7. 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.47 million t compare
  8. 6 Nigeria 16.33 million t compare
  9. 7 Mexico 15.45 million t compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is vegetables primary — production in USSR?
Vegetables primary — production in USSR was 26.31 million t in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in USSR?
The highest recorded value was 31.66 million t in 1984.
What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in USSR?
The lowest recorded value was 15.22 million t in 1963.
How does USSR rank for vegetables primary — production?
USSR ranks 4th out of 191 countries with data for 1991.
Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in USSR?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Vegetables Primary — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 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.