Agricultural irrigated land in Ukraine
Ukraine: Agricultural irrigated land was 0.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Agricultural irrigated land in Ukraine, 2001–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in % of total agricultural land.
Analysis
The most recent figure for agricultural irrigated land in Ukraine is 0.2%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 75.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural irrigated land in Ukraine peaked at 1.8% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2023.
Ukraine ranks 79th of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Agricultural irrigated land in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | % of total agricultural land | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.3% | — |
| 2002 | 1.8% | +34.3% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | -44.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -22.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9% | +13.4% |
| 2018 | 1.0% | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -77.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -1.0% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 0.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7.7%, 3% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 0.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.1%, 8% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agricultural irrigated land in Ukraine changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -77.4% | 1.1% | 0.2% |
| 2009 | -44.5% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
More agriculture & rural data for Ukraine
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0757 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 416.19 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.304 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural irrigated land in Ukraine?
- Agricultural irrigated land in Ukraine was 0.2% in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest agricultural irrigated land recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 1.8% in 2003.
- What is the lowest agricultural irrigated land recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2023.
- How does Ukraine rank for agricultural irrigated land?
- Ukraine ranks 79th out of 84 countries with data for 2023.
- Is agricultural irrigated land rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Agricultural irrigated land refers to agricultural areas purposely provided with water, including land irrigated by controlled flooding.