Ukraine has an agricultural area larger than that of France.

Omissions

• The comparison mixes two different statistical definitions: Ukraine's 'agricultural land' (State Statistics Service of Ukraine, ~41.5–42.7 million ha, including pastures and perennial crops) versus France's 'utilised agricultural area' (Eurostat Farm Structure Survey, 27.2 million ha in 2023, the latest pre-session Eurostat figure).
• A share of Ukraine's nominal agricultural area is not usable: about 2 million hectares are potentially mined and agricultural land in Crimea and parts of Donbas is occupied, so the effectively farmable area is smaller than the nominal total.
• The exact Ukrainian total (≈41.5–42.7 million ha) rests on Ukrainian official statistics; the sources retrieved here document France's 27.2 million ha directly (Eurostat) and Ukraine's agricultural sector context (OECD 2025, Dutch government publication), but do not quote Ukraine's total agricultural area verbatim.
• No newer (2025/2026) data published before the session was found that would alter the comparison; the most recent Eurostat FSS figure for France (27.2 million ha, 2023 data) and the OECD Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2025 report on Ukraine both postdate older vintages and leave the claim intact.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat — Statistics Explained: Farms and farmland in the European UnionFrance (27.2 million ha) and Spain (23.5 million ha) had the largest utilised agricultural areas in the EU in 2023, 17.4% and 15.0%, respectively, of the EU total.
• PrimaryOECD — Agricultural Policy Monitoring and Evaluation 2025: UkraineUkraine chapter of the OECD 2025 agricultural policy monitoring report (published 2025), covering Ukraine's agricultural sector and 2025 policy plans; e.g. 'For 2025, the government plans to allocate UAH 1 billion (USD 24 million) to expand the productive herd of pedigree cows...'
• SecondaryAgroberichten Buitenland (Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Dutch Ministry of Agriculture)The average size of an agrifarm in Ukraine increased from 479 hectares in 2010 to 649 hectares in 2024 (article on Ukraine's agricultural structure compared with the EU, published 3 December 2025).
• SecondaryThe Ukrainian Review (news outlet)'In total, about 2 million hectares of agricultural land remain potentially mined' — statement of Ukraine's Minister of Agrarian Policy, confirming Ukraine's agricultural land extends to tens of millions of hectares, of which ~2 million ha are mined.