In Ukraine, the average price per hectare of land has reached 125,000 hryvnias

The value of agricultural land in Ukraine varies significantly depending on the geographical location of the region and the security situation. According to data from a study by the KSE Agrocentre of the Kyiv School of Economics, in September 2026 the average price per hectare across the country reached 125,600 hryvnias, although figures vary by almost a factor of six in certain regions.

The most expensive plots of land are traditionally concentrated in the western and central regions of the country, whilst in the southern and eastern regions, prices remain at a minimum.

Price variations: from 38 to nearly 300,000 hryvnias per hectare

According to the results for the third quarter of 2026, the highest average prices per hectare of agricultural land were recorded in the following regions:

• Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast — 297,100 hryvnias;
• Lviv Oblast — 292,200 hryvnias;
• Kyiv Oblast — 202,300 hryvnias;
• Ternopil Region — 189,000 hryvnias;
• Transcarpathian Oblast — 162,900 hryvnias.

By contrast, the lowest average price per hectare was recorded in the frontline and southern regions. The largest areas of land sold at the lowest prices were in the Donetsk region (38,700 hryvnias), the Mykolaiv region (47,500 hryvnias) and the Kherson region (48,300 hryvnias).

Market trends, sales volumes and safeguarding rental income

Despite a general slowdown in market activity over the last five months, agricultural land in Ukraine continues to rise steadily in price. Whilst the average price per hectare stood at around 58,000 hryvnias at the end of 2021, by autumn 2026 it had more than doubled.

In the third quarter of 2026, 22.4 thousand land sale and purchase agreements were concluded, covering a total area of 43.7 thousand hectares, which is 14 per cent fewer agreements and 18 per cent less area compared with the previous quarter. The regions with the highest volumes of land sold over the nine-month period were Poltava Oblast (14,800 hectares) and Vinnytsia Oblast (13,100 hectares).

Experts also remind landowners that, in the context of inflation, it is advisable to include a mechanism for annual rent increases in lease agreements in order to maintain the real income from the lease of land shares.

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