Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 1.97 million ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — area harvested in Bulgaria is 1.97 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 2.52 million ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1.53 million ha, in 2007.
That places Bulgaria 57th out of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.52 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.45 million ha | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 2.43 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 2.45 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 2.31 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 2.33 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 2.21 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 2.17 million ha | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 2.15 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 2.17 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 2.22 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 2.20 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 2.10 million ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 2.08 million ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 2.25 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1976 | 2.27 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 2.24 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 2.14 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 2.19 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 2.06 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1981 | 2.08 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 2.13 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 2.13 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 2.06 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 1.85 million ha | -10.2% |
| 1986 | 2.10 million ha | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 1.97 million ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 2.11 million ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 2.16 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 2.06 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 2.25 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 2.23 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 2.27 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 2.30 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 2.13 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 1.78 million ha | -16.3% |
| 1997 | 2.05 million ha | +15.2% |
| 1998 | 2.00 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 1.77 million ha | -11.6% |
| 2000 | 1.78 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 2.10 million ha | +17.5% |
| 2002 | 2.15 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1.61 million ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 1.83 million ha | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 1.72 million ha | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 1.55 million ha | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 1.53 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 1.71 million ha | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 1.83 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 1.77 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2011 | 1.77 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.90 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 2.01 million ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.96 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 1.84 million ha | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 1.82 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1.73 million ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 1.82 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 1.93 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 1.97 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 1.96 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.90 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 1.98 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 1.97 million ha | -0.6% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 1.97 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 280,960 ha, 7.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 1.97 million ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 726,060 ha, 2.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.34 million ha | 2.15 million ha | 2.52 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.19 million ha | 2.08 million ha | 2.27 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.07 million ha | 1.85 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.09 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 2.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.78 million ha | 1.53 million ha | 2.15 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.85 million ha | 1.73 million ha | 2.01 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.95 million ha | 1.90 million ha | 1.98 million 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 cereals, primary — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Bulgaria was 1.97 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2.52 million ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.53 million ha in 2007.
- How does Bulgaria rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 57th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.