The agricultural land market in Romania is going through a period of contrasts. While the average price per hectare has continued to rise nationally, differences between transactions can be huge, depending on the area, soil quality, and access to irrigation.
In the south of the country, where agriculture has a long tradition and high potential, farmers and foreign investors are competing for valuable plots, and the price of a hectare of agricultural land can reach very high levels.
The value of a hectare of agricultural land can vary, even within the same area, from €6,000 to over €12,000, depending on many other factors than location. AgroTV (specialized TV channel) has recently reported a situation in Brăila County (east-Romania) which clearly shows this discrepancy.
"In Brăila, 100 hectares were sold […] to a Danish company for €12,500/hectare. It is an irrigable area. In the same area, another member of the same family wanted to sell 10 hectares, but was only offered €6,000 per hectare," explained farmer Ștefan Muscă in an AgroTV programme. Clearly, plot size, scatteredness of land parcels, and possibly variations in soil quality are factors which can lead to these large price variations.
Otherwise, a hectare of agricultural land in Romania in 2025 sells, on average, for €8,414/hectare, an increase of 4.8% over the previous year. This average hides large differences between regions - the most expensive land is in the Bucharest-Ilfov area (over €12,000/hectare), and the cheapest in the northeast region (approximately €7,000/hectare).
Actual data from real estate listings show that in Brăila County, the price of a hectare of agricultural land is estimated at between €8,500/ha and €10,000/ha.
Despite the upward trend in farmland prices in Romania, land is still relatively affordable compared to Western Europe. However, according to experts, soil quality and health are declining and solutions need to be found, if Romanian wishes to develop agriculture to its full (sustainable) potential.