Wheat — Area harvested in Estonia
Estonia: Wheat — Area harvested was 173,320 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Estonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 173,320 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Estonia peaked at 180,970 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 34,215 ha, in 1994.
That places Estonia 61st out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Estonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 43,479 ha | — |
| 1993 | 50,300 ha | +15.7% |
| 1994 | 34,215 ha | -32.0% |
| 1995 | 38,601 ha | +12.8% |
| 1996 | 45,927 ha | +19.0% |
| 1997 | 50,887 ha | +10.8% |
| 1998 | 66,800 ha | +31.3% |
| 1999 | 66,100 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 68,969 ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 59,638 ha | -13.5% |
| 2002 | 64,459 ha | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 67,156 ha | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 78,393 ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 85,473 ha | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 90,842 ha | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 99,500 ha | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 107,600 ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 113,619 ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 119,389 ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 128,417 ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 124,300 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 124,200 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 154,400 ha | +24.3% |
| 2015 | 169,700 ha | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 164,544 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 169,753 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 154,580 ha | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 166,980 ha | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 168,040 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 180,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 180,970 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 173,570 ha | -4.1% |
| 2024 | 173,320 ha | -0.1% |
Estonia compared with similar countries
- Estonia's 173,320 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 81% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Estonia's 173,320 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 48% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49,539 ha | 34,215 ha | 66,800 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 83,565 ha | 59,638 ha | 113,619 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 147,626 ha | 119,389 ha | 169,753 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 175,180 ha | 168,040 ha | 180,970 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
More agriculture & rural data for Estonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0165 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 566.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5048 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2928 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Estonia?
- Wheat — area harvested in Estonia was 173,320 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 180,970 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,215 ha in 1994.
- How does Estonia rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Estonia ranks 61st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Estonia 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.