Arable land in Ukraine
Ukraine: Arable land was 0.8726 hectares per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Arable land in Ukraine, 1992–2023
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for arable land in Ukraine is 0.8726 hectares per person, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.8% on the previous year and up 22.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land in Ukraine peaked at 0.8726 hectares per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6368 hectares per person, in 1993.
That places Ukraine 5th out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6454 hectares per person | 0.6368 hectares per person | 0.6537 hectares per person | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.6785 hectares per person | 0.6571 hectares per person | 0.6966 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7143 hectares per person | 0.6991 hectares per person | 0.7323 hectares per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7887 hectares per person | 0.7369 hectares per person | 0.8726 hectares per person | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ukraine
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Rural population 30.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.7% (2025)
- Rural population 11.85 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.22 billion current US$ (2025)
- Land under cereal production 10.81 million hectares (2024)
- Cereal yield 5,148 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal production 55.65 million metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land in Ukraine?
- Arable land in Ukraine was 0.8726 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
- What is the highest arable land recorded in Ukraine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8726 hectares per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest arable land recorded in Ukraine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6368 hectares per person in 1993.
- How does Ukraine rank for arable land?
- Ukraine ranks 5th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land rising or falling in Ukraine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ukraine data come from?
- The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.