Watermelons — Area harvested in USSR
USSR: Watermelons — Area harvested was 480,000 ha in 1991. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested in USSR, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested in USSR is 480,000 ha, measured in 1991.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in USSR peaked at 600,000 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 389,000 ha, in 1981.
That places USSR 3rd out of 131 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested in USSR, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 546,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 552,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 553,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 574,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 554,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 1966 | 528,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 520,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 514,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 493,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 497,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 510,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 560,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1973 | 600,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 500,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 500,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 500,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1980 | 394,000 ha | -21.2% |
| 1981 | 389,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 396,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 396,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 395,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 395,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 397,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 460,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 1988 | 501,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 1989 | 510,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 466,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 480,000 ha | +3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 537,111 ha | 493,000 ha | 574,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 526,700 ha | 497,000 ha | 600,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 423,300 ha | 389,000 ha | 510,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 473,000 ha | 466,000 ha | 480,000 ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 1 China 1.46 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 1.45 million ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 63,267 ha compare
- 4 India 127,811 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56,048 ha compare
- 5 Russian Federation 106,017 ha
- 5 Viet Nam 48,155 ha compare
- 6 Senegal 92,607 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 38,781 ha compare
More environment data for USSR
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Temperature change 0.637 °C (1991)
- Standard Deviation 0.487 °C (1991)
- Roundwood — Export quantity 10.62 million m3 (1991)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 916,219 1000 USD (1991)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 2.67 million 1000 USD (1991)
- Roundwood — Production 356.40 million m3 (1991)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 32,177 m3 (1991)
- Roundwood — Export value 692,734 1000 USD (1991)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 62.60 million m3 (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested in USSR?
- Watermelons — area harvested in USSR was 480,000 ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 600,000 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 389,000 ha in 1981.
- How does USSR rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- USSR ranks 3rd out of 131 countries with data for 1991.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. 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 Watermelons — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.