85.852 land parcels sold in Ukraine in 2026
Ukraine sold 85,852 agricultural land parcels covering 233,045 hectares in 2026, with the average price reaching 70,199 hryvnias per hectare. Individual buyers purchased more land by area than legal entities, while the growth in transaction volumes that had characterized previous years levelled off without reducing market activity.
Helstu atriði
- 85,852 parcels covering 233,045 hectares were sold in Ukraine in 2026
- Average price reached 70,199 hryvnias, or 1,590 US dollars, per hectare
- Legal entities bought 32,968 parcels covering 90,100 hectares
- Individuals bought 52,393 parcels covering 142,945 hectares
- Largest sales by area were recorded in Poltava (23,200 ha), Odesa (22,800 ha), Kirovohrad (18,800 ha), Vinnytsia (18,200 ha) and Chernihiv (17,400 ha) regions
- Most expensive land was recorded in Ivano-Frankivsk region at 145,275 hryvnias per hectare
- Since the moratorium ended, over 405,000 parcels covering nearly 1.2 million hectares have been sold
Hvers vegna þetta skiptir máli
The land market remains active despite the war and a pause in the growth of transaction volumes, while the average price per hectare keeps rising. Changes to land valuation rules are intended to increase revenue for local budgets, and the state Land Bank generated 1.19 billion hryvnias in its first year of operation.
Hvað gerðist
In 2026, Ukraine sold 85,852 agricultural land parcels covering 233,045 hectares, with the average price reaching 70,199 hryvnias per hectare, equivalent to 1,590 US dollars. Legal entities acquired 32,968 parcels covering 90,100 hectares at an average of 92,862 hryvnias per hectare, while individuals purchased 52,393 parcels covering 142,945 hectares at an average of 55,914 hryvnias per hectare. By area, individuals bought more than legal entities. The largest volumes of land were sold in Poltava, Odesa, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia and Chernihiv regions, while the highest average prices were recorded in Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Ternopil, Vinnytsia and Poltava regions. The increase in the number and area of parcels sold, observed in previous years, levelled off in 2026, but market activity did not decline. By 3 March 2026, total transaction volume since the market opened had exceeded 1 million hectares. In April 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers updated the methodology for the normative monetary valuation of agricultural land, and on 27 May 2026 it changed land parcel valuation rules to increase local budget revenues. During the first year of operation of the state Land Bank, farmers paid 1.19 billion hryvnias for the use of state-owned land.
Hvernig úkraínskar heimildir lýsa atburðinum
Ukrainian reporting focuses on the internal land market indicators, particularly sales by buyer type, regional volumes, price dynamics and changes to valuation rules. The material separately highlights local budget revenues and the results of the state Land Bank.
Baksvið
Ukraine's agricultural land market opened on 1 July 2021. Since then, over 405,000 parcels covering nearly 1.2 million hectares have been sold. In 2025, 121,284 parcels covering 356,500 hectares were sold, compared with 106,669 parcels covering 320,700 hectares in 2024. Transaction volumes were lower in 2022 and 2023, at 23,122 parcels covering 69,200 hectares and 40,850 parcels covering 114,100 hectares respectively. The weighted average price per hectare was 37,000 hryvnias at the end of 2023 and reached 60,700 hryvnias in June 2025, 60% higher than at the start of the market. Over four years, Ukrainians invested more than 30.4 billion hryvnias in land.