Wheat — Yield in USSR
USSR: Wheat — Yield was 1,569 kg/ha in 1991. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in USSR is 1,569 kg/ha, measured in 1991.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.8% on the previous year and up 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in USSR peaked at 2,115 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 722.8 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places USSR 104th out of 124 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in USSR, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 992 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 986.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 722.8 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1964 | 1,030 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1965 | 799.2 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1966 | 1,350 kg/ha | +69.0% |
| 1967 | 1,086 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1968 | 1,306 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1969 | 1,152 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1970 | 1,437 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1971 | 1,450 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 1,382 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 1,634 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1974 | 1,322 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1975 | 1,004 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1976 | 1,531 kg/ha | +52.4% |
| 1977 | 1,397 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1978 | 1,805 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1979 | 1,472 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1980 | 1,505 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 1,295 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 1,392 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 1,451 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 1,272 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1985 | 1,456 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1986 | 1,777 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1987 | 1,656 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1988 | 1,640 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 1,828 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1990 | 2,115 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1991 | 1,569 kg/ha | -25.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,047 kg/ha | 722.8 kg/ha | 1,350 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,443 kg/ha | 1,004 kg/ha | 1,805 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,527 kg/ha | 1,272 kg/ha | 1,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,842 kg/ha | 1,569 kg/ha | 2,115 kg/ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
More agriculture & rural data for USSR
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (1990)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate -0.9612 % change on previous year (1991)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate -5.46 % change on previous year (1991)
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.76 % change on previous year (1991)
- 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 — yield in USSR?
- Wheat — yield in USSR was 1,569 kg/ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 2,115 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 722.8 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does USSR rank for wheat — yield?
- USSR ranks 104th out of 124 countries with data for 1991.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.2%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 31 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.