RLAG2601
Average yield of agricultural crops increased by 7.1 %
Central Statistical Bureau provisional data show that almost 3.2 million tonnes of grain were harvested in 2025, which is 44.5 thousand tonnes (1.4 %) more compared with 2024. Despite unfavourable weather conditions, including prolonged rainfall, flooded areas and late sowing, the average yield of cereals reached 42.2 quintals per hectare, increasing by 7.1 % year on year (from 39.4 quintals).
The growth in total harvested production was driven primarily by winter cereals, whose production increased by 202.4 thousand tonnes (8.3 %) and average yield rose from 47.5 to 49.0 quintals per hectare year on year.
Winter wheat made up 75.2 % of all harvested grain (69.0 % in 2024). As the sown area of winter wheat increased by 39.7 thousand hectares (9.1 %) and their average yield rose by 1.2 % (from 49.7 to 50.3 quintals per hectare year on year), the harvested production of winter wheat reached 2.4 million tonnes (up by 227.5 thousand tonnes or 10.5 %).
Among spring cereals, buckwheat had the sharpest decline in both harvested production and average yield. Owing to late sowing and a rainy autumn, their average yield fell from 11.7 to 7.0 quintals per hectare and harvested production decreased by 54.0 %.
Harvested production and average yield of agricultural crops
| Harvested production, thousand tonnes | Average yield, quintals per hectare | |||||
| 2024 | 2025 1 | Change, % (2025/2024) | 2024 | 2025 1 | Change, % (2025/2024) | |
| Cereals | 3152.3 | 3196.8 | 1.4 | 39.4 | 42.2 | 7.1 |
| winter cereals | 2424.2 | 2626.6 | 8.3 | 47.5 | 49.0 | 3.2 |
| wheat | 2176.0 | 2403.5 | 10.5 | 49.7 | 50.3 | 1.2 |
| rye | 116.6 | 91.1 | −21.9 | 33.3 | 32.9 | −1.2 |
| barley | 107.6 | 99.5 | −7.5 | 35.3 | 47.4 | 34.3 |
| triticale | 24.0 | 32.5 | 35.6 | 36.3 | 33.6 | −7.4 |
| spring cereals | 728.1 | 570.2 | −21.7 | 25.1 | 25.7 | 2.4 |
| wheat | 289.9 | 208.2 | −28.2 | 27.8 | 29.9 | 7.6 |
| barley | 145.3 | 85.3 | −41.2 | 26.3 | 27.8 | 5.7 |
| oats | 263.1 | 262.8 | −0.1 | 24.4 | 25.6 | 4.9 |
| buckwheat | 24.8 | 11.4 | −54.0 | 11.7 | 7.0 | −40.2 |
| Rape seeds | 249.1 | 369.2 | 48.2 | 20.3 | 25.4 | 25.1 |
| Potatoes | 227.9 | 202.5 | −11.1 | 177.5 | 160.8 | −9.4 |
| Vegetables (in open field) | 99.3 | 69.6 | −29.9 | 160.8 | 107.5 | −33.1 |
Harvested production of rape seeds up by 48.2 %
Following an increase in the rape areas of 22.6 thousand hectares (18.04 %), the harvested production of rape seeds rose by 120.1 thousand tonnes (48.2 %). The sown area of winter rape grew by 33.1 thousand hectares (33.0 %), and its average yield increased from the lowest yield produced in the last six years, at 21.3 quintals per hectare, to 26.6 quintals per hectare.
As the area of spring rape reduced by 47.5 %, its average yield fell by 4.1 quintals per hectare (25.3 %).
Further reduction recorded in the harvested production of potatoes and vegetables
The area under potatoes decreased by 0.2 thousand hectares (1.9 %) compared with 2024. Potato cultivation was affected by unfavourable weather conditions throughout the growing season, from planting to harvesting. As a result, 202.5 thousand tonnes of potatoes were harvested, down by 25.4 thousand tonnes (11.1 %) year on year. The average yield of potatoes fell by 16.7 quintals per hectare (9.4 %), to 160.8 quintals per hectare, marking it the lowest yield in the past four years.
In 2025, a total of 84.9 thousand tonnes of vegetables were produced (including in greenhouses), which is 23.5 thousand tonnes (21.7 %) fewer compared with 2024. Open-field vegetables were significantly affected by weather conditions, with their harvested production decreasing by 29.7 thousand tonnes (29.9 %). The average yield of vegetables was only 107.5 quintals per hectare, making it the lowest yield since 2000, when it stood at just 100 quintals.
Overall reduction in sown area driven by spring cereals
Between 2018 and 2024, the sown area of cereals showed steady growth. However, in 2025 it declined by 5.4 % (143.1 thousand hectares), falling to 757.7 thousand hectares. The long-term increase in the sown area of cereals was driven by a wider area under winter cereals. The only exception was 2018, when unfavourable weather conditions during the autumn 2017 sowing period led to a reduction in their area.
Unfavourable weather conditions affected the sowing of spring cereals, and their sown area reduced by 69.2 thousand hectares (23.6 %). Moreover, the decline was observed for all spring cereals.
However, the area of winter cereals increased by 26.1 thousand hectares (5.1 %), with the area of winter wheat growing by 39.7 thousand hectares (9.1 %).
Sown area of agricultural crops
(thousand hectares)
| 2024 | 2025 1 | Change, % (2025/2024) | |
| Cereals | 800.8 | 757.7 | -5.4 |
| winter cereals | 510.1 | 536.2 | 5.1 |
| wheat | 438.1 | 477.8 | 9.1 |
| rye | 35.0 | 27.7 | -20.8 |
| barley | 30.5 | 21.0 | -31.1 |
| triticale | 6.6 | 9.7 | 46.3 |
| spring cereals | 290.7 | 221.5 | -23.6 |
| wheat | 104.2 | 69.6 | -33.2 |
| barley | 55.3 | 30.7 | -44.5 |
| oats | 107.7 | 102.6 | -4.7 |
| buckwheat | 21.1 | 16.3 | -22.9 |
| Rape | 122.5 | 145.1 | 18.4 |
| Potatoes | 12.8 | 12.6 | -1.9 |
| Vegetables (in open field) | 6.2 | 6.5 | 4.8 |
Refer to the OSP database: LAG020
5.6 % less grain purchased in 2025; average purchase price down by 14.0 %
Last year, a total of 2 800.6 thousand tonnes of grain were purchased, which is 166.9 thousand tonnes (5.6 %) fewer than in 2024. The average purchase price of grain fell from 193.95 to 166.77 euro per tonne.
Wheat made up 85.9 % of all purchased grain (82.9 % in 2024), of which 43.9 % met the food quality requirements (68.8 % in 2024). The quality of harvested grain was adversely affected by prolonged rainfall and late sowing.
Refer to the OSP database: : LAG020, LAG070, LAC020
Both provisional and final statistics for sown areas and harvested production of agricultural crops is available in the official statistics portal section Agriculture. Data tables with annual indicators will be released on 30 March.
Methodological information
1 Provisional data
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