By the end of 2025, Ukraine’s State Land Bank of Ukraine generated record budget revenues of UAH 1.1 billion (including VAT) from the use of state-owned agricultural land, according to ProAgro Group.

Throughout the year, 60,745 hectares of land across 19 regions were offered through online auctions. Of this total, 57,397 hectares were successfully transferred to farmers for legal use. In all, 887 contracts were signed with auction winners.

Competition at auctions remained consistently high, averaging four bidders per lot, with more than 3,086 bids submitted overall. The average annual sublease price reached UAH 17,100 per hectare.

The most expensive land lot of the year — described as the “Land Bank diamond” — covered 3,969 hectares in Kirovohrad region. Notably, 91.3% of auction winners were small and medium-sized agribusinesses, highlighting the accessibility of state land to a broad range of farmers.

Officials say the 2025 results reflect not only strong financial performance but also structural improvements: thousands of hectares brought out of the shadow economy, hundreds of farmers gaining trust in state instruments, and stable budget revenues secured even amid wartime conditions.

Earlier reports noted that more than 12,000 hectares of agricultural land were returned to use in 2025 through humanitarian demining under a state compensation program.