Wheat — Area harvested in USSR
USSR: Wheat — Area harvested was 45.87 million ha in 1991. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 1991, wheat — area harvested in USSR stood at 45.87 million ha. That is the lowest value across all 31 years on record.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in USSR peaked at 70.20 million ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 45.87 million ha, in 1991.
USSR ranks 1st of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in USSR, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63.00 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 67.41 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1963 | 64.61 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 67.89 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 70.20 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 69.96 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 67.03 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 67.23 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 65.23 million ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 65.23 million ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 64.03 million ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 58.49 million ha | -8.7% |
| 1973 | 63.16 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 59.68 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1975 | 61.98 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 59.50 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 62.03 million ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 62.90 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 57.66 million ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 61.45 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1981 | 59.20 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 57.28 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 50.82 million ha | -11.3% |
| 1984 | 51.06 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 50.27 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 48.73 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 46.68 million ha | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 48.06 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 47.67 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 48.18 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 45.87 million ha | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66.95 million ha | 63.00 million ha | 70.20 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61.47 million ha | 57.66 million ha | 65.23 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.12 million ha | 46.68 million ha | 61.45 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47.03 million ha | 45.87 million ha | 48.18 million ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 2 India 31.83 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 6.93 million ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.46 million ha compare
- 3 Russian Federation 26.95 million ha
- 4 China 23.59 million ha compare
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- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0253 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying, annual growth rate 4.88 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate -94.47 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -6.83 % change on previous year (1991)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -21.05 % change on previous year (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in USSR?
- Wheat — area harvested in USSR was 45.87 million ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 70.20 million ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.87 million ha in 1991.
- How does USSR rank for wheat — area harvested?
- USSR ranks 1st out of 124 countries with data for 1991.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. 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 Wheat — 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.