Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Ukraine
Ukraine: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 4.07 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Ukraine, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Ukraine recorded 4.07 million ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Ukraine peaked at 5.48 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 651,900 ha, in 1994.
Ukraine ranks 8th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.14 million ha | — |
| 1993 | 1.33 million ha | +17.1% |
| 1994 | 651,900 ha | -51.0% |
| 1995 | 1.16 million ha | +78.1% |
| 1996 | 671,300 ha | -42.2% |
| 1997 | 1.64 million ha | +143.8% |
| 1998 | 907,900 ha | -44.5% |
| 1999 | 688,700 ha | -24.1% |
| 2000 | 1.28 million ha | +85.7% |
| 2001 | 1.12 million ha | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 1.19 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 1.99 million ha | +67.3% |
| 2004 | 2.30 million ha | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 1.66 million ha | -27.8% |
| 2006 | 1.72 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 1.90 million ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 2.44 million ha | +28.2% |
| 2009 | 2.09 million ha | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 2.65 million ha | +26.7% |
| 2011 | 3.54 million ha | +33.8% |
| 2012 | 4.37 million ha | +23.4% |
| 2013 | 4.83 million ha | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 4.63 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 4.08 million ha | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 4.25 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 4.48 million ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 4.56 million ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 4.99 million ha | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 5.39 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 5.48 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 4.12 million ha | -24.8% |
| 2023 | 3.98 million ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 4.07 million ha | +2.4% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 4.07 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 64.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 4.07 million ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 72,751 ha, 56.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.02 million ha | 651,900 ha | 1.64 million ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.77 million ha | 1.12 million ha | 2.44 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.24 million ha | 2.65 million ha | 4.99 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.61 million ha | 3.98 million ha | 5.48 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 5 Argentina 8.74 million ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3.11 million ha compare
- 6 Mexico 6.57 million ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 862,053 ha compare
- 7 Nigeria 5.50 million ha compare
- 7 Türkiye 789,379 ha compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 652,727 ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 585,000 ha compare
- 9 Ethiopia 3.40 million ha compare
- 10 USSR 2.97 million ha
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 442,378 ha compare
- 11 Mozambique 2.86 million ha compare
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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Ukraine?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Ukraine was 4.07 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 5.48 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 651,900 ha in 1994.
- How does Ukraine rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Ukraine ranks 8th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.