Cabbages — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Cabbages — Area harvested was 1,680 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cabbages — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 1,680 ha for cabbages — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.2% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cabbages — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 9,933 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 2021.
That places Bulgaria 73rd out of 148 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cabbages — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,433 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,478 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 3,071 ha | +23.9% |
| 1964 | 2,516 ha | -18.1% |
| 1965 | 2,452 ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 3,325 ha | +35.6% |
| 1967 | 2,885 ha | -13.2% |
| 1968 | 2,939 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 3,021 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 2,969 ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 2,880 ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 3,202 ha | +11.2% |
| 1973 | 3,227 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 3,518 ha | +9.0% |
| 1975 | 3,301 ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 3,489 ha | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 3,785 ha | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 3,644 ha | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 3,462 ha | -5.0% |
| 1980 | 3,413 ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 3,579 ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 3,615 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 3,394 ha | -6.1% |
| 1984 | 3,783 ha | +11.5% |
| 1985 | 3,559 ha | -5.9% |
| 1986 | 3,965 ha | +11.4% |
| 1987 | 4,131 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 4,212 ha | +2.0% |
| 1989 | 4,168 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 4,027 ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 4,412 ha | +9.6% |
| 1992 | 4,241 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 4,648 ha | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 3,972 ha | -14.5% |
| 1995 | 6,078 ha | +53.0% |
| 1996 | 6,455 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 6,679 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 8,441 ha | +26.4% |
| 1999 | 8,706 ha | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 9,933 ha | +14.1% |
| 2001 | 6,626 ha | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 4,946 ha | -25.4% |
| 2003 | 5,315 ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 5,128 ha | -3.5% |
| 2005 | 3,304 ha | -35.6% |
| 2006 | 2,818 ha | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 2,246 ha | -20.3% |
| 2008 | 2,093 ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 1,596 ha | -23.7% |
| 2010 | 2,616 ha | +63.9% |
| 2011 | 2,554 ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 2,084 ha | -18.4% |
| 2013 | 1,903 ha | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 1,943 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 1,873 ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 2,875 ha | +53.5% |
| 2017 | 1,692 ha | -41.1% |
| 2018 | 1,960 ha | +15.8% |
| 2019 | 1,770 ha | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 1,460 ha | -17.5% |
| 2021 | 1,400 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 1,780 ha | +27.1% |
| 2023 | 1,850 ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 1,680 ha | -9.2% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 1,680 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 875.5 ha, 1.9× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 1,680 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,680 ha, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,791 ha | 2,433 ha | 3,325 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,348 ha | 2,880 ha | 3,785 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,782 ha | 3,394 ha | 4,212 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,766 ha | 3,972 ha | 8,706 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,400 ha | 1,596 ha | 9,933 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,127 ha | 1,692 ha | 2,875 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,634 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,850 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More agriculture & rural data for Bulgaria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 21.46 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0247 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 503.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2583 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cabbages — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Cabbages — area harvested in Bulgaria was 1,680 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 9,933 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest cabbages — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 2021.
- How does Bulgaria rank for cabbages — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 73rd out of 148 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cabbages — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cabbages — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.