Agricultural production in Russia
According to FAOSTAT, Russia produced 120 million t of cereals (5th in the world), 13.8 million t of vegetables (9th in the world), 6.5 million t of fruit, 12.9 million t of meat (5th in the world) and 33.0 million t of milk (7th in the world) in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were wheat (82.6 million t), sugar beet (46.7 million t) and potatoes (18.4 million t).
- Products recorded
- 127
- World #1
- 12
- products
- World top 10
- 67
- products
- Year
- 2024
Russia is the world’s largest producer of sugar beet, sunflower seed, barley, sunflower-seed oil, dry peas and 7 more products, and ranks second or third for 10 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in rapeseed (+245%), followed by soybeans (+196%).
Livestock numbers: 17.4 million cattle, 29.0 million pigs, 19.1 million sheep and 1.7 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cereals | 120,400,172 | 5 | 3.84% | +17% |
| All sugar crops | 46,680,177 | 8 | 2.09% | +39% |
| All milk | 33,038,828 | 7 | 3.36% | +7.3% |
| All roots and tubers | 18,448,001 | 11 | 1.95% | −41% |
| All vegetables | 13,760,555 | 9 | 1.16% | −11% |
| All meat | 12,865,115 | 5 | 3.44% | +42% |
| All fruit | 6,539,016 | 31 | 0.69% | +33% |
| All pulses | 4,166,600 | 6 | 4.29% | +90% |
| All eggs | 2,619,944 | 7 | 2.62% | +12% |
| All tree nuts | 25,221 | 53 | 0.14% | +66% |
| All citrus fruit | 54 | 134 | 0% | −52% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 82,588,000 | 3 | 10.34% | +38% |
| Sugar beet | 46,680,177 | 1 | 15.9% | +39% |
| Cow milk | 32,792,113 | 6 | 4.11% | +7.5% |
| Potatoes | 18,448,001 | 5 | 4.73% | −41% |
| Sunflower seed | 17,200,000 | 1 | 32.94% | +103% |
| Barley | 16,667,000 | 1 | 11.74% | −19% |
| Maize | 13,954,000 | 11 | 1.15% | +23% |
| Beer | 8,340,000 | 6 | 4.51% | −6.3% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 7,038,700 | 1 | 31.07% | +112% |
| Soybeans | 7,000,000 | 8 | 1.76% | +196% |
| Skim milk of cows | 6,988,176 | 6 | 4.89% | +8.8% |
| Raw sugar | 6,554,000 | 7 | 3.49% | +32% |
| Chicken meat | 5,457,330 | 4 | 4.25% | +45% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 4,942,500 | 5 | 3.94% | +66% |
| Rapeseed | 4,610,000 | 5 | 5.25% | +245% |
| Peas, dry | 3,251,858 | 1 | 22.97% | +116% |
| Oats | 3,000,000 | 2 | 13.37% | −43% |
| Tomatoes | 2,949,455 | 12 | 1.56% | +4.6% |
| Cabbages | 2,623,671 | 3 | 3.48% | −25% |
| Hen eggs | 2,595,974 | 7 | 2.77% | +12% |
| Apples | 2,014,406 | 8 | 2.06% | +24% |
| Watermelons | 1,935,891 | 6 | 1.84% | +36% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 1,874,386 | 13 | 0.67% | −9.7% |
| Cucumbers | 1,693,492 | 4 | 1.93% | −7.0% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 1,692,988 | 7 | 2.43% | +2.3% |
| Onions, dry | 1,667,525 | 16 | 1.54% | −16% |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | 1,583,600 | 6 | 5.04% | +547% |
| Molasses | 1,503,324 | 10 | 2.05% | +25% |
| Carrots and turnips | 1,383,155 | 4 | 3.06% | −17% |
| Rice (paddy) | 1,258,900 | 39 | 0.15% | +20% |
| Rye | 1,200,000 | 3 | 10.35% | −63% |
| Linseed | 1,180,000 | 1 | 39.22% | +223% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 1,163,235 | 4 | 3.36% | −5.6% |
| Soya bean oil | 1,015,900 | 6 | 1.7% | +201% |
| Buckwheat | 979,962 | 1 | 49.74% | +48% |
| Grapes | 823,136 | 20 | 1.08% | +56% |
| Yoghurt | 615,550 | 2 | 12.36% | — |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 604,962 | 8 | 2.63% | +39% |
| Currants | 509,945 | 1 | 72.2% | +37% |
| Other meat of mammals, fresh or chilled | 500,914 | 2 | 31.93% | +25% |
| Wine | 481,907 | 11 | 1.97% | −16% |
| Margarine and shortening | 462,550 | 6 | 3.51% | +1.5% |
| Chick peas, dry | 414,127 | 6 | 2.45% | — |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 331,668 | 5 | 4.04% | +66% |
| Fat of pigs | 331,668 | 4 | 2.92% | +66% |
| Millet | 325,000 | 11 | 1.05% | −34% |
| Butter of cow milk | 301,223 | 5 | 5.03% | +33% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 294,045 | 8 | 3.03% | +2.3% |
| Triticale | 292,888 | 8 | 2.36% | −55% |
| Sour cherries | 265,389 | 1 | 17.88% | +34% |
| Strawberries | 253,628 | 7 | 2.36% | +34% |
| Goat milk | 240,887 | 20 | 1.18% | −0.9% |
| Lentils, dry | 239,886 | 7 | 3.04% | +1,087% |
| Raspberries | 213,818 | 1 | 23.23% | +49% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 201,970 | 7 | 2.31% | +2.3% |
| Sheep meat | 188,214 | 14 | 1.63% | +1.0% |
| Cheese from skimmed cow milk | 186,994 | 5 | 6.83% | +10% |
| Cream, fresh | 182,447 | 7 | 4.91% | −45% |
| Plums | 179,519 | 11 | 1.41% | +28% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 172,320 | 6 | 6% | +23% |
| Safflower seed | 159,610 | 2 | 23.05% | +95% |
| Mustard seed | 146,746 | 4 | 17.02% | +58% |
| Green garlic | 134,331 | 15 | 0.45% | −48% |
| Vetches | 133,888 | 2 | 20.45% | +5.4% |
| Peas, green | 125,439 | 12 | 0.58% | +28% |
| Mushrooms | 121,655 | 9 | 0.24% | +1,488% |
| Lupins | 109,833 | 3 | 7.28% | +45% |
| Sorghum | 108,433 | 37 | 0.17% | −51% |
| Gooseberries | 85,453 | 1 | 89.34% | +55% |
| Apricots | 74,554 | 14 | 1.62% | +20% |
| Pears | 70,940 | 27 | 0.26% | −1.5% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 66,975 | 1 | 10.22% | — |
| Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel | 65,554 | 4 | 2.45% | +124% |
| Honey | 65,455 | 8 | 3.29% | −13% |
| Skim milk and whey powder | 58,145 | 17 | 1.23% | +16% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 56,433 | 11 | 1.65% | +2.3% |
| Cherries | 53,442 | 11 | 1.72% | −31% |
| Kenaf | 50,322 | 2 | 21.87% | +0.6% |
| Horse meat, fresh or chilled | 48,724 | 5 | 6.52% | −3.7% |
| Wool, greasy | 43,564 | 9 | 2.57% | −23% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 41,086 | 35 | 0.15% | +17% |
| Other oil seeds, n.e.c. | 39,565 | 16 | 1.63% | −71% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 35,400 | 21 | 0.57% | −89% |
| Oil of linseed | 35,000 | 4 | 4.48% | +1,574% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 26,093 | 20 | 1.32% | +1.0% |
| Cereals n.e.c. | 25,988 | 15 | 0.32% | +58% |
| Other nuts | 25,221 | 11 | 2.31% | +66% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 24,810 | 18 | 1.14% | +1.0% |
| Flax, raw or retted | 24,100 | 5 | 1.86% | −35% |
| Eggs from other birds in shell, fresh, n.e.c. | 23,970 | 9 | 0.38% | −33% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 23,873 | 40 | 0.09% | +323% |
| Tea, packed | 23,835 | 18 | 0.33% | — |
| Rabbit meat | 17,593 | 6 | 2.08% | +6.1% |
| Whole milk powder | 17,292 | 27 | 0.34% | −65% |
| Goat meat | 16,736 | 45 | 0.22% | −4.4% |
| Tallow | 16,344 | 27 | 0.2% | −8.9% |
| Oil of maize | 14,622 | 23 | 0.47% | +150% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 8,555 | 14 | 1.33% | +1.0% |
| Quinces | 7,653 | 11 | 1.1% | +42% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 7,318 | 38 | 0.12% | −20% |
| Beans, dry | 6,708 | 73 | 0.02% | −5.2% |
| Sheep milk | 5,800 | 62 | 0.06% | −81% |
| Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen | 5,546 | 5 | 5.83% | −3.7% |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | 4,488 | 21 | 0.42% | +25% |
| Blueberries | 4,314 | 16 | 0.31% | +73% |
| Other pulses n.e.c. | 2,982 | 69 | 0.07% | −99% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 2,729 | 42 | 0.18% | −4.4% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,401 | 52 | 0.16% | −4.5% |
| Hempseed | 1,799 | 3 | 6.56% | +246% |
| True hemp, raw or retted | 1,318 | 13 | 0.36% | −7.2% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 1,300 | 117 | 0% | +63% |
| Whey, condensed | 820 | 20 | 0.03% | +31% |
| Whole milk, condensed | 498 | 50 | 0.03% | +31% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 473 | 46 | 0.15% | −4.4% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, green | 338 | 47 | 0.02% | +13% |
| Castor oil seeds | 177 | 25 | 0.01% | — |
| Tea leaves | 132 | 44 | 0% | −41% |
| Camel meat | 116 | 35 | 0.02% | −34% |
| Hop cones | 111 | 22 | 0.07% | −64% |
| Oranges | 54 | 111 | 0% | −52% |
| Groundnut oil | 43 | 84 | 0% | — |
| Oil of sesame seed | 37 | 57 | 0% | — |
| Camel milk | 28 | 29 | 0% | −3.4% |
| Edible offals of camels and other camelids, fresh, chilled or frozen | 17 | 35 | 0.02% | −32% |
| Chicory roots | 15 | 11 | 0.06% | — |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 14 | 115 | 0% | — |
| Fat of camels | 7 | 36 | 0.02% | −30% |
Live animals, 2024
| Product | Head | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickens | 507,994,000 | 9 | 1.84% | +13% |
| Pigs | 29,015,221 | 5 | 3.01% | +52% |
| Ducks | 22,195,000 | 7 | 1.74% | −20% |
| Sheep | 19,111,986 | 22 | 1.4% | −14% |
| Cattle | 17,373,368 | 19 | 1.1% | −11% |
| Turkeys | 7,535,000 | 7 | 3.09% | +205% |
| Geese | 3,577,000 | 4 | 0.94% | −74% |
| Rabbits and hares | 3,262,000 | 7 | 1.55% | +8.0% |
| Bees | 2,671,205 | 8 | 2.63% | −20% |
| Goats | 1,687,316 | 68 | 0.14% | −19% |
| Horses | 1,322,642 | 10 | 2.35% | −3.8% |
| Camels | 5,222 | 37 | 0.01% | −21% |
| Buffalo | 4,673 | 35 | 0% | −30% |
| Asses | 2,739 | 82 | 0.01% | −79% |
| Mules and hinnies | 154 | 56 | 0% | −26% |
Russia among the world’s producers, 2024
Share of world production by country for the largest crops of Russia, which is outlined on the map.
Small island states are not drawn at this scale.
Production per person, 2024
Russia had 145 million inhabitants in 2024 (FAOSTAT estimate). Production of its largest products per inhabitant, compared with the world average:
| Product | kg per person | World, kg per person | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 570 | 97.8 | 5.8× |
| Sugar beet | 322 | 36.0 | 9.0× |
| Cow milk | 226 | 97.7 | 2.3× |
| Potatoes | 127 | 47.8 | 2.7× |
| Sunflower seed | 119 | 6.40 | 18.6× |
| Barley | 115 | 17.4 | 6.6× |
| Maize | 96.4 | 149 | 0.6× |
| Beer | 57.6 | 22.7 | 2.5× |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 48.6 | 2.78 | 17.5× |
| Soybeans | 48.3 | 48.7 | 1.0× |
| Skim milk of cows | 48.3 | 17.5 | 2.8× |
| Raw sugar | 45.3 | 23.0 | 2.0× |
Production divided by population; it is not consumption, because crops are traded and used for feed, processing and industry.
Trade in agricultural products, 2024
Russia reported exports of 162 and imports of 172 of the products covered here; it was the world’s largest exporter of linseed; wheat; buckwheat.
Largest exports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 32,685,820 | USD 9.55 bn | 0.29 | 1 of 102 |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 4,532,430 | USD 3.92 bn | 0.87 | 2 of 113 |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | 1,162,657 | USD 1.03 bn | 0.89 | 3 of 73 |
| Peas, dry | 2,292,543 | USD 836 m | 0.36 | 2 of 103 |
| Barley | 3,252,255 | USD 676 m | 0.21 | 5 of 79 |
| Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled | 316,895 | USD 659 m | 2.08 | 10 of 123 |
| Maize (corn) | 2,313,114 | USD 458 m | 0.20 | 11 of 137 |
| Soya bean oil | 483,630 | USD 428 m | 0.88 | 5 of 110 |
| Linseed | 936,390 | USD 421 m | 0.45 | 1 of 76 |
| Soya beans | 714,281 | USD 319 m | 0.45 | 9 of 99 |
Largest imports by value
| Product | Tonnes | Value | USD/kg | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 297,700 | USD 1.19 bn | 3.99 | 8 of 192 |
| Wine | 263,486 | USD 931 m | 3.53 | 9 of 192 |
| Bananas | 1,161,940 | USD 699 m | 0.60 | 5 of 139 |
| Soya beans | 1,356,618 | USD 676 m | 0.50 | 18 of 165 |
| Palm oil | 584,295 | USD 622 m | 1.06 | 20 of 191 |
| Tangerines, mandarins, clementines | 810,807 | USD 596 m | 0.73 | 1 of 169 |
| Coffee, green | 113,351 | USD 572 m | 5.05 | 15 of 177 |
| Butter of cow milk | 109,800 | USD 529 m | 4.82 | 4 of 189 |
| Grapes | 365,785 | USD 449 m | 1.23 | 3 of 188 |
| Tomatoes | 351,624 | USD 440 m | 1.25 | 7 of 163 |
FAOSTAT detailed trade data, release of 23 July 2026: quantities in tonnes and values in current US dollars as reported; exports include re-exports. Only the FAO trade items that match Husfarm production pages are included: meat covers fresh or chilled meat only (frozen meat is a separate item), and processed goods such as milled rice or flour are not listed.
Questions and answers
What are the main crops produced in Russia?
By volume, the largest products of Russia in 2024 were wheat (82.6 million t), sugar beet (46.7 million t), cow milk (32.8 million t), according to FAOSTAT.
Is Russia the world’s largest producer of anything?
Yes. In 2024 Russia was the world’s largest producer of 12 products: sugar beet, sunflower seed, barley, sunflower-seed oil, crude, peas, dry, linseed, buckwheat, currants, sour cherries, raspberries and others.
How much wheat does Russia produce per person?
About 570 kg per inhabitant in 2024, compared with a world average of 97.8 kg (production divided by population, FAOSTAT).
What does Russia export most?
By value, its largest agricultural exports in 2024 among the products covered here were wheat (USD 9.55 bn), sunflower-seed oil, crude (USD 3.92 bn), rapeseed or canola oil, crude (USD 1.03 bn), according to FAOSTAT.
What does Russia import most?
By value, its largest agricultural imports in 2024 among the products covered here were cheese from whole cow milk (USD 1.19 bn), wine (USD 931 m), bananas (USD 699 m).
Where does this data come from?
Production, trade and population figures are from FAOSTAT, the statistics database of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rankings, shares and per-person figures are calculated by Husfarm.
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.