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Eastern Europe and |
Western Europe |
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Developing |
the former Soviet |
North America, |
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Countries |
Union |
and other |
World * |
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General indicators |
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| 1 |
Estimated population, 1995
(million) |
4453.6 |
414.6 |
843.3 |
5711.5 |
| 2 |
Estimated growth rate of
population, |
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1993-2000 (%/yr) |
2.1 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
| 3 |
Per capita income 1994 (US $) |
991 |
2158 |
24288 |
4757 |
| 4 |
Average per capita cereal
production, |
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1993-95 (kg/yr) |
256 |
560 |
682 |
341 |
| 5 |
Growth rate of per capita cereal
production, 1985-95 (%/yr) |
0.1 |
-2.6 |
-0.7 |
-0.8 |
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Production of wheat and all
cereals |
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Average wheat area harvested, |
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1993-95 (000 ha) |
103406 |
54670 |
61794 |
219870 |
| 7 |
Average wheat yield, 1993-95
(t/ha) |
2.5 |
1.9 |
3.1 |
2.5 |
| 8 |
Average wheat production 1993-95
(000 t) |
253530 |
101231 |
189458 |
544219 |
| 9 |
Growth rate of wheat area 1951-66
(%) |
1 |
2.4 |
-0.1 |
1.2 |
| 10 |
Growth rate of wheat area 1966-77
(%) |
2 |
-1.2 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
| 11 |
Growth rate of wheat area
1977-1985 (%) |
0.8 |
-2.5 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
| 12 |
Growth rate of wheat area 1985-95
(%) |
0.3 |
-0.9 |
-0.8 |
-0.3 |
| 13 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1951-66
(%) |
1 |
1.5 |
2.2 |
1.5 |
| 14 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1966-77
(%) |
3.4 |
1.8 |
1.6 |
2.1 |
| 15 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1977-85
(%) |
5.1 |
-0.2 |
2.7 |
3 |
| 16 |
Growth rate of wheat yield 1985-95
(%) |
1.9 |
-0.7 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
| 17 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1951-66 (%) |
2 |
3.9 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
| 18 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1966-77 (%) |
5.3 |
0.6 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
| 19 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1977-85 (%) |
5.9 |
-2.8 |
4.5 |
3.1 |
| 20 |
Growth rate of wheat production,
1985-95 (%) |
2.2 |
-1.6 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
| 21 |
Wheat area as percent of total
cereal area (average), 1993-95 (%) |
24 |
44 |
47 |
32 |
| 22 |
Average yield of all cereals,
1993-95 (t/ha) |
2.5 |
1.9 |
4.3 |
2.8 |
| 23 |
Growth rate of yield of all
cereals, |
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1951-95 (%/yr) |
2.2 |
2 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
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Trade and utilization |
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| 24 |
Average net imports of wheat,
1992-94 (000 t) |
58990 |
12895 |
-75695 |
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| 25 |
Average net imports of wheat per
capita, |
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1992-94 (kg/yr) |
14 |
31 |
-91 |
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| 26 |
Average per capita wheat
consumption, |
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1992-94 (kg/yr) |
72 |
… |
142 |
103 |
| 27 |
Growth rate of per capita wheat
consumption, 1985-94 (%/yr) |
0.3 |
-2.5** |
0.1 |
-0.2** |
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Prices and input use |
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| 28 |
Percent of total wheat area under
semidwarf wheat varieties, 1994 |
78 |
49 |
56 |
64 |
| 29 |
Nitrogen applied per hectare of
wheat harvested, 1993-94 (kg nutrients/ha) |
97 |
15 |
117 |
84 |
| 30 |
Farm prices of wheat, 1993-94 (US
$/ton) |
… |
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| 31 |
Ratio of farm level nitrogen price
to wheat price, 1993-94 |
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| 32 |
Farm wage in kg of wheat per day,
1993-94 |
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