Wheat — Area harvested in Russian Federation
Russian Federation: Wheat — Area harvested was 26.95 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Russian Federation, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Russian Federation recorded 26.95 million ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Russian Federation peaked at 29.35 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 19.76 million ha, in 1999.
That places Russian Federation 3rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Russian Federation, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 24.26 million ha | — |
| 1993 | 24.67 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 22.16 million ha | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 21.60 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 22.55 million ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 24.02 million ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 19.86 million ha | -17.3% |
| 1999 | 19.76 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 21.35 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 22.83 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 24.48 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 20.01 million ha | -18.3% |
| 2004 | 22.92 million ha | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 24.68 million ha | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 23.05 million ha | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 23.50 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 26.07 million ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 26.63 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 21.64 million ha | -18.7% |
| 2011 | 24.84 million ha | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 21.28 million ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 23.37 million ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 23.91 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 25.87 million ha | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 27.31 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 27.52 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 26.47 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 27.56 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 28.86 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 27.92 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 29.35 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 28.77 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 26.95 million ha | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.36 million ha | 19.76 million ha | 24.67 million ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 23.55 million ha | 20.01 million ha | 26.63 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.98 million ha | 21.28 million ha | 27.56 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.37 million ha | 26.95 million ha | 29.35 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Russian Federation
- 1 USSR 45.87 million ha
- 2 India 31.83 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 6.93 million ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.46 million ha compare
- 4 China 23.59 million ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 23.59 million ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 1.28 million ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 368,254 ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 13.11 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Russian Federation?
- Wheat — area harvested in Russian Federation was 26.95 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Russian Federation?
- The highest recorded value was 29.35 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Russian Federation?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.76 million ha in 1999.
- How does Russian Federation rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Russian Federation ranks 3rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Russian Federation?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Russian Federation 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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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.