Wheat — Production in Ukraine
Ukraine: Wheat — Production was 22.44 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Ukraine, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — production in Ukraine stood at 22.44 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Ukraine peaked at 32.18 million t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10.20 million t, in 2000.
That places Ukraine 11th 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 — Production in Ukraine, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 19.51 million t | — |
| 1993 | 21.83 million t | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 13.86 million t | -36.5% |
| 1995 | 16.27 million t | +17.4% |
| 1996 | 13.55 million t | -16.8% |
| 1997 | 18.40 million t | +35.9% |
| 1998 | 14.94 million t | -18.8% |
| 1999 | 13.59 million t | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 10.20 million t | -24.9% |
| 2001 | 21.35 million t | +109.4% |
| 2002 | 20.56 million t | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 11.43 million t | -44.4% |
| 2004 | 17.52 million t | +53.3% |
| 2005 | 18.70 million t | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 13.95 million t | -25.4% |
| 2007 | 13.94 million t | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 25.89 million t | +85.7% |
| 2009 | 20.89 million t | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 16.85 million t | -19.3% |
| 2011 | 22.32 million t | +32.5% |
| 2012 | 15.76 million t | -29.4% |
| 2013 | 22.28 million t | +41.3% |
| 2014 | 24.11 million t | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 26.53 million t | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 26.10 million t | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 26.21 million t | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 24.65 million t | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 28.37 million t | +15.1% |
| 2020 | 24.91 million t | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 32.18 million t | +29.2% |
| 2022 | 20.73 million t | -35.6% |
| 2023 | 21.63 million t | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 22.44 million t | +3.8% |
Ukraine compared with similar countries
- Ukraine's 22.44 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 397,258 t, 56.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ukraine's 22.44 million t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.45 million t, 15.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16.49 million t | 13.55 million t | 21.83 million t | 8 |
| 2000s | 17.44 million t | 10.20 million t | 25.89 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.32 million t | 15.76 million t | 28.37 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.38 million t | 20.73 million t | 32.18 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ukraine
- 8 Australia 34.11 million t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 119,000 t compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 90,073 t compare
- 9 Pakistan 31.81 million t compare
- 10 France 26.61 million t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,000 t compare
- 12 Kazakhstan 18.58 million t compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,015 t compare
- 13 Germany 18.53 million t compare
- 13 Melanesia 28.82 t compare
- 14 Argentina 18.51 million t 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 — production in Ukraine?
- Wheat — production in Ukraine was 22.44 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 32.18 million t in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.20 million t in 2000.
- How does Ukraine rank for wheat — production?
- Ukraine ranks 11th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. 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 — Production. 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.