Wheat — Production in USSR
USSR: Wheat — Production was 71.99 million t in 1991. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 1991, wheat — production in USSR stood at 71.99 million t.
The figure is down 29.3% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in USSR peaked at 113.55 million t in 1978 and was at its lowest, 46.70 million t, in 1963.
That places USSR 5th out of 124 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.
Wheat — Production in USSR, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 62.49 million t | — |
| 1962 | 66.53 million t | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 46.70 million t | -29.8% |
| 1964 | 69.94 million t | +49.8% |
| 1965 | 56.10 million t | -19.8% |
| 1966 | 94.47 million t | +68.4% |
| 1967 | 72.77 million t | -23.0% |
| 1968 | 87.79 million t | +20.6% |
| 1969 | 75.12 million t | -14.4% |
| 1970 | 93.75 million t | +24.8% |
| 1971 | 92.83 million t | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 80.83 million t | -12.9% |
| 1973 | 103.20 million t | +27.7% |
| 1974 | 78.88 million t | -23.6% |
| 1975 | 62.25 million t | -21.1% |
| 1976 | 91.09 million t | +46.3% |
| 1977 | 86.67 million t | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 113.55 million t | +31.0% |
| 1979 | 84.89 million t | -25.2% |
| 1980 | 92.50 million t | +9.0% |
| 1981 | 76.65 million t | -17.1% |
| 1982 | 79.76 million t | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 73.75 million t | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 64.96 million t | -11.9% |
| 1985 | 73.20 million t | +12.7% |
| 1986 | 86.57 million t | +18.3% |
| 1987 | 77.33 million t | -10.7% |
| 1988 | 78.83 million t | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 87.16 million t | +10.6% |
| 1990 | 101.89 million t | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 71.99 million t | -29.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70.21 million t | 46.70 million t | 94.47 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 88.79 million t | 62.25 million t | 113.55 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 79.07 million t | 64.96 million t | 92.50 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 86.94 million t | 71.99 million t | 101.89 million t | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 2 China, mainland 140.10 million t compare
- 2 Türkiye 20.80 million t compare
- 3 India 113.29 million t compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 16.75 million t compare
- 4 Russian Federation 82.59 million t
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 2.43 million t compare
- 6 Canada 35.94 million t compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1.19 million t
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 292,710 t compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 34.57 million t compare
- 8 Australia 34.11 million t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 119,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for USSR
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate -0.9612 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -5.82 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate -5.81 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -6.5 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -6.27 % change on previous year (1991)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -6.83 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate -94.47 % change on previous year (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — production in USSR?
- Wheat — production in USSR was 71.99 million t in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 113.55 million t in 1978.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.70 million t in 1963.
- How does USSR rank for wheat — production?
- USSR ranks 5th out of 124 countries with data for 1991.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. 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 Wheat — 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.