Agricultural production in Romania
According to FAOSTAT, Romania produced 17.9 million t of cereals, 1.0 million t of vegetables, 2.1 million t of fruit, 993,030 t of meat and 4.4 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were wheat (9.3 million t), maize (6.0 million t) and barley (2.2 million t).
- Products recorded
- 97
- World #1
- 0
- products
- World top 10
- 7
- products
- Year
- 2024
Romania ranks second or third in the world for plums.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in cabbages (โ74%), followed by potatoes (โ70%).
Livestock numbers: 1.8 million cattle, 3.3 million pigs, 10.4 million sheep and 1.4 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cereals | 17,864,380 | 29 | 0.57% | โ19% |
| All milk | 4,406,100 | 32 | 0.45% | โ8.3% |
| All fruit | 2,137,130 | 60 | 0.22% | โ18% |
| All roots and tubers | 1,053,300 | 76 | 0.11% | โ70% |
| All vegetables | 1,025,080 | 81 | 0.09% | โ69% |
| All meat | 993,030 | 52 | 0.27% | โ5.1% |
| All sugar crops | 875,120 | 78 | 0.04% | โ37% |
| All pulses | 126,080 | 66 | 0.13% | +77% |
| All tree nuts | 56,700 | 39 | 0.31% | +79% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 9,290,880 | 18 | 1.16% | +23% |
| Maize | 5,971,850 | 21 | 0.49% | โ50% |
| Cow milk | 3,724,100 | 35 | 0.47% | โ9.8% |
| Barley | 2,203,260 | 17 | 1.55% | +29% |
| Sunflower seed | 1,508,000 | 9 | 2.89% | โ31% |
| Beer | 1,500,000 | 27 | 0.81% | โ14% |
| Rapeseed | 1,180,840 | 11 | 1.34% | +12% |
| Potatoes | 1,053,300 | 44 | 0.27% | โ70% |
| Sugar beet | 875,120 | 30 | 0.3% | โ37% |
| Grapes | 704,160 | 22 | 0.93% | โ10% |
| Skim milk of cows | 620,292 | 41 | 0.43% | +247% |
| Plums | 602,570 | 2 | 4.75% | +22% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 567,500 | 8 | 2.5% | +70% |
| Chicken meat | 532,940 | 42 | 0.42% | +34% |
| Apples | 487,140 | 26 | 0.5% | โ5.1% |
| Sheep milk | 434,400 | 8 | 4.43% | โ36% |
| Wine | 370,000 | 13 | 1.51% | โ28% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 328,260 | 36 | 0.26% | โ29% |
| Soybeans | 316,760 | 18 | 0.08% | +56% |
| Cabbages | 289,460 | 27 | 0.38% | โ74% |
| Tomatoes | 241,710 | 65 | 0.13% | โ66% |
| Goat milk | 232,500 | 21 | 1.14% | โ |
| Triticale | 185,260 | 13 | 1.49% | โ33% |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | 160,600 | 22 | 0.51% | +25% |
| Yoghurt | 158,000 | 9 | 3.17% | +18% |
| Oats | 143,640 | 27 | 0.64% | โ62% |
| Watermelons | 130,350 | 54 | 0.12% | โ73% |
| Onions, dry | 127,530 | 68 | 0.12% | โ67% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 123,784 | 9 | 2.01% | โ4.3% |
| Peas, dry | 114,510 | 17 | 0.81% | +125% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 94,320 | 32 | 0.41% | +50% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 93,340 | 42 | 0.21% | โ59% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 75,780 | 77 | 0.11% | โ30% |
| Cucumbers | 73,140 | 47 | 0.08% | โ60% |
| Carrots and turnips | 72,990 | 56 | 0.16% | โ68% |
| Cream, fresh | 67,250 | 14 | 1.81% | +23% |
| Margarine and shortening | 62,000 | 30 | 0.47% | โ3.7% |
| Walnuts, in shell | 52,700 | 11 | 1.21% | +67% |
| Raw sugar | 52,551 | 88 | 0.03% | โ66% |
| Sheep meat | 51,690 | 38 | 0.45% | โ24% |
| Soya bean oil | 51,500 | 41 | 0.09% | +124% |
| Eggplants | 50,290 | 36 | 0.09% | โ61% |
| Pears | 39,280 | 32 | 0.14% | โ36% |
| Molasses | 37,403 | 71 | 0.05% | โ31% |
| Cherries | 34,380 | 16 | 1.11% | โ59% |
| Rye | 27,920 | 28 | 0.24% | +15% |
| Melons | 26,960 | 53 | 0.1% | โ52% |
| Sour cherries | 26,630 | 12 | 1.79% | โ |
| Other pome fruits | 25,750 | 3 | 15.91% | โ |
| Sorghum | 24,880 | 63 | 0.04% | โ52% |
| Apricots | 22,910 | 33 | 0.5% | โ48% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 22,620 | 22 | 0.79% | +3,608% |
| Tallow | 21,200 | 25 | 0.26% | +187% |
| Strawberries | 18,420 | 33 | 0.17% | โ16% |
| Green garlic | 17,770 | 42 | 0.06% | โ72% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 17,010 | 43 | 0.06% | โ62% |
| Mushrooms | 16,810 | 26 | 0.03% | +72% |
| Buffalo milk | 15,100 | 18 | 0.01% | โ |
| Rice (paddy) | 14,400 | 96 | 0% | โ68% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 11,570 | 56 | 0.04% | โ53% |
| Other beans, green | 11,080 | 46 | 0.04% | โ80% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 9,770 | 86 | 0.03% | โ84% |
| Butter of cow milk | 9,330 | 50 | 0.16% | โ4.8% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 6,250 | 41 | 0.1% | โ |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 5,150 | 58 | 0.12% | +761% |
| Blueberries | 5,000 | 15 | 0.36% | +293% |
| Goat meat | 4,260 | 76 | 0.06% | โ53% |
| Hazelnuts, in shell | 3,950 | 13 | 0.33% | +1,936% |
| Cheese from milk of sheep, fresh or processed | 3,360 | 19 | 0.65% | +24% |
| Cheese from milk of buffalo, fresh or processed | 2,760 | 11 | 0.42% | โ36% |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 2,740 | 43 | 0.11% | โ |
| Cereals n.e.c. | 2,290 | 46 | 0.03% | โ67% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 2,010 | 71 | 0.01% | โ40% |
| Cheese from milk of goats, fresh or processed | 2,000 | 20 | 0.44% | +199% |
| Linseed | 1,950 | 25 | 0.06% | โ24% |
| True hemp, raw or retted | 1,910 | 12 | 0.52% | โ15% |
| Whole milk, condensed | 1,499 | 38 | 0.08% | โ83% |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | 1,460 | 35 | 0.14% | โ49% |
| Oil of linseed | 1,400 | 27 | 0.18% | +56% |
| Skim milk and whey powder | 1,163 | 51 | 0.02% | โ19% |
| Whole milk powder | 898 | 55 | 0.02% | +47% |
| Oil of maize | 780 | 50 | 0.03% | โ18% |
| Peas, green | 780 | 71 | 0% | โ96% |
| Flax, raw or retted | 770 | 13 | 0.06% | โ |
| Spinach | 770 | 49 | 0% | โ77% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 430 | 94 | 0.01% | โ69% |
| Raspberries | 330 | 37 | 0.04% | +284% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 310 | 172 | 0% | โ99% |
| Leeks | 230 | 51 | 0.01% | โ88% |
| Currants | 220 | 25 | 0.03% | +64% |
| Lupins | 170 | 23 | 0.01% | โ |
| Hop cones | 150 | 20 | 0.09% | โ44% |
| Tea, packed | 90 | 96 | 0% | โ |
| Cottonseed oil | 78 | 71 | 0% | โ |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 70 | 53 | 0% | โ90% |
| Chestnuts, in shell | 50 | 26 | 0% | +92% |
| Asparagus | 10 | 47 | 0% | โ |
Live animals, 2024
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.

