Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Russian Federation

Russian Federation: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 39.58 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
39.58 million ha
Change on year
down 8.5%
World rank
5th
of 178 countries
All-time high
59.54 million ha
in 1992
All-time low
32.35 million ha
in 2010
Years of data
33
1992–2024

Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Russian Federation, 1992–2024

020.0M40.0M60.0M1992200820241992: 59.5M ha1993: 58.8M ha1994: 54.0M ha1995: 49.3M ha1996: 47.3M ha1997: 48.5M ha1998: 36.1M ha1999: 37.1M ha2000: 41.1M ha2001: 43.1M ha2002: 43.0M ha2003: 36.8M ha2004: 40.5M ha2005: 41.1M ha2006: 40.5M ha2007: 40.3M ha2008: 44.6M ha2009: 41.9M ha2010: 32.4M ha2011: 40.6M ha2012: 37.0M ha2013: 40.3M ha2014: 42.2M ha2015: 42.8M ha2016: 44.4M ha2017: 44.3M ha2018: 42.0M ha2019: 43.4M ha2020: 44.8M ha2021: 43.5M ha2022: 44.7M ha2023: 43.3M ha2024: 39.6M ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Russian Federation recorded 39.58 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.5% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Russian Federation peaked at 59.54 million ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 32.35 million ha, in 2010.

That places Russian Federation 5th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 48.81 million ha 36.08 million ha 59.54 million ha 8
2000s 41.30 million ha 36.76 million ha 44.58 million ha 10
2010s 40.94 million ha 32.35 million ha 44.42 million ha 10
2020s 43.15 million ha 39.58 million ha 44.77 million ha 5

Countries ranked near Russian Federation

  1. 2 USSR 102.82 million ha
  2. 3 China (People’s Republic of) 100.58 million ha compare
  3. 4 China, mainland 100.29 million ha compare
  4. 6 Brazil 27.78 million ha compare
  5. 7 Australia and New Zealand 19.58 million ha compare
  6. 8 Australia 19.46 million ha compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Russian Federation?
Cereals, primary — area harvested in Russian Federation was 39.58 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Russian Federation?
The highest recorded value was 59.54 million ha in 1992.
What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Russian Federation?
The lowest recorded value was 32.35 million ha in 2010.
How does Russian Federation rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
Russian Federation ranks 5th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Russian Federation?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Russian Federation data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
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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.