Wheat — Area harvested in Ukraine
Ukraine: Wheat — Area harvested was 4.88 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Ukraine, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Ukraine stood at 4.88 million ha.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Ukraine peaked at 7.10 million ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.89 million ha, in 2003.
That places Ukraine 12th 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 Ukraine, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6.31 million ha | — |
| 1993 | 5.75 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 4.51 million ha | -21.6% |
| 1995 | 5.48 million ha | +21.6% |
| 1996 | 5.89 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 6.51 million ha | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 5.64 million ha | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 5.93 million ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 5.16 million ha | -13.0% |
| 2001 | 6.88 million ha | +33.3% |
| 2002 | 6.75 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 3.89 million ha | -42.4% |
| 2004 | 5.53 million ha | +42.3% |
| 2005 | 6.57 million ha | +18.7% |
| 2006 | 5.51 million ha | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 5.95 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 7.05 million ha | +18.5% |
| 2009 | 6.75 million ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 6.28 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 6.66 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 5.63 million ha | -15.4% |
| 2013 | 6.57 million ha | +16.6% |
| 2014 | 6.01 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 6.84 million ha | +13.8% |
| 2016 | 6.21 million ha | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 6.38 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 6.62 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 6.83 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 6.56 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 7.10 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 5.28 million ha | -25.6% |
| 2023 | 4.66 million ha | -11.8% |
| 2024 | 4.88 million ha | +4.8% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 4.88 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 317,739 ha, 15.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 4.88 million ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 13.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.75 million ha | 4.51 million ha | 6.51 million ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 6.01 million ha | 3.89 million ha | 7.05 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.40 million ha | 5.63 million ha | 6.84 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.70 million ha | 4.66 million ha | 7.10 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 9 Canada 10.65 million ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 75,001 ha compare
- 10 Pakistan 9.73 million ha compare
- 11 Argentina 6.34 million ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,000 ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 330 ha compare
- 13 France 4.45 million ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 43 ha compare
- 14 Brazil 2.92 million ha compare
- 15 Germany 2.62 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 wheat — area harvested in Ukraine?
- Wheat — area harvested in Ukraine was 4.88 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 7.10 million ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.89 million ha in 2003.
- How does Ukraine rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Ukraine ranks 12th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine 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.