Bulgaria vs France: Rice — Area harvested
Rice — Area harvested over time
- Bulgaria
- France
How they compare
France currently reports 13,480 ha against 12,150 ha in Bulgaria, a difference of 1,330 ha.
That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was France ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 78th and France ranks 76th of 133 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 2 and France in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | France | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,342 ha | 28,437 ha | 16,095 ha | France |
| 1970s | 16,573 ha | 13,730 ha | 2,843 ha | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 14,904 ha | 10,022 ha | 4,882 ha | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 3,973 ha | 22,918 ha | 18,946 ha | France |
| 2000s | 5,466 ha | 19,614 ha | 14,149 ha | France |
| 2010s | 11,255 ha | 18,487 ha | 7,232 ha | France |
| 2020s | 11,666 ha | 12,742 ha | 1,076 ha | France |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice — area harvested, Bulgaria or France?
- France, at 13,480 ha against 12,150 ha in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice — area harvested between Bulgaria and France?
- 1,330 ha, with France ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and France?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and France rank globally for rice — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 78th and France ranks 76th of 133 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rice — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.