The purpose of the article is to estimation the technical, pure technical and scale efficiency of the production of crop production in Ukraine, to identify sources of inefficiency by the DEA method.

Research methods. The DEA method was used for estimation the technical, pure technical and scale efficiency of the studied agricultural enterprises and for identify sources of inefficiency.

Research results. Based on statistical information for 2019, the DEA method evaluated the technical, pure technical, largescale efficiency of enterprises in the regions of Ukraine in the field of crop production, analyzed such to determine the causes of inefficient operation of the studied enterprises.

Scientific novelty. The features of the application of the DEA method to estimation of technical, pure technical, scale efficiency of agricultural enterprises and identify the causes of inefficient work were identified.

Practical significance. The results of the research can be used to rank agricultural enterprises by efficiency, to identified the causes of their inefficient work.