Wheat — Area harvested in Belarus
Belarus: Wheat — Area harvested was 720,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Belarus, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 720,000 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Belarus peaked at 795,000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 101,000 ha, in 1994.
Belarus ranks 35th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Belarus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 118,000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 132,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 101,000 ha | -23.5% |
| 1995 | 177,000 ha | +75.2% |
| 1996 | 273,000 ha | +54.2% |
| 1997 | 296,000 ha | +8.4% |
| 1998 | 369,000 ha | +24.7% |
| 1999 | 410,700 ha | +11.3% |
| 2000 | 452,000 ha | +10.1% |
| 2001 | 408,000 ha | -9.7% |
| 2002 | 377,800 ha | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 317,192 ha | -16.0% |
| 2004 | 339,254 ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 358,030 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 381,417 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 426,161 ha | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 514,498 ha | +20.7% |
| 2009 | 558,604 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 602,788 ha | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 644,463 ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 712,858 ha | +10.6% |
| 2013 | 686,430 ha | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 741,946 ha | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 730,997 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 710,379 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 717,081 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 660,001 ha | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 693,831 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 722,711 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 726,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 795,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 648,265 ha | -18.5% |
| 2024 | 720,000 ha | +11.1% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 720,000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 2.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 720,000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 2.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat — Area harvested in Belarus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +75.2% | 101,000 ha | 177,000 ha |
| 1996 | +54.2% | 177,000 ha | 273,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 234,588 ha | 101,000 ha | 410,700 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 413,296 ha | 317,192 ha | 558,604 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 690,077 ha | 602,788 ha | 741,946 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 722,455 ha | 648,265 ha | 795,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 32 Lithuania 836,970 ha compare
- 33 Turkmenistan 814,915 ha compare
- 34 Czechia 776,500 ha compare
- 36 Nepal 681,851 ha compare
- 37 Ethiopia PDR 591,590 ha
- 38 Azerbaijan 567,818 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belarus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 709.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2051 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Belarus?
- Wheat — area harvested in Belarus was 720,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 795,000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 101,000 ha in 1994.
- How does Belarus rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Belarus ranks 35th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.