Cherries — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Cherries — Area harvested was 10,210 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cherries — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 10,210 ha for cherries — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 63.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 10,840 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,007 ha, in 1961.
That places Bulgaria 9th out of 71 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cherries — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,007 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,220 ha | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 2,404 ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 2,469 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 2,856 ha | +15.7% |
| 1966 | 3,004 ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 3,140 ha | +4.5% |
| 1968 | 3,302 ha | +5.2% |
| 1969 | 3,423 ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 3,659 ha | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 3,705 ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 3,823 ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 3,798 ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 3,913 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 4,130 ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 4,245 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 5,238 ha | +23.4% |
| 1978 | 6,038 ha | +15.3% |
| 1979 | 6,875 ha | +13.9% |
| 1980 | 7,946 ha | +15.6% |
| 1981 | 8,280 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 8,749 ha | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 9,010 ha | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 8,798 ha | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 8,964 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 9,076 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 9,201 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 9,137 ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 9,136 ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,084 ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 9,193 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 9,018 ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 10,021 ha | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 8,947 ha | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 8,348 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 8,275 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 8,018 ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 8,259 ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 8,135 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 6,973 ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 9,704 ha | +39.2% |
| 2002 | 6,751 ha | -30.4% |
| 2003 | 5,043 ha | -25.3% |
| 2004 | 5,071 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 4,723 ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 4,791 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 5,007 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 4,411 ha | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 5,169 ha | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 7,692 ha | +48.8% |
| 2011 | 7,747 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 6,989 ha | -9.8% |
| 2013 | 7,605 ha | +8.8% |
| 2014 | 6,256 ha | -17.7% |
| 2015 | 8,055 ha | +28.8% |
| 2016 | 8,463 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 8,989 ha | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 10,050 ha | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 10,840 ha | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 10,630 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 10,750 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 10,800 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,650 ha | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 10,210 ha | +5.8% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 10,210 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 850 ha, 12.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 10,210 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,073 ha, 9.5× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +48.8% | 5,169 ha | 7,692 ha |
| 2001 | +39.2% | 6,973 ha | 9,704 ha |
| 2002 | -30.4% | 9,704 ha | 6,751 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,758 ha | 2,007 ha | 3,423 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,542 ha | 3,659 ha | 6,875 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,830 ha | 7,946 ha | 9,201 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,730 ha | 8,018 ha | 10,021 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,764 ha | 4,411 ha | 9,704 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,269 ha | 6,256 ha | 10,840 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,408 ha | 9,650 ha | 10,800 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 6 Greece 16,140 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 412 ha compare
- 7 Yugoslav SFR 13,670 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 10,460 ha compare
- 10 Poland 9,500 ha compare
- 11 China 8,656 ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 8,656 ha compare
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 cherries — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Cherries — area harvested in Bulgaria was 10,210 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 10,840 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,007 ha in 1961.
- How does Bulgaria rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 9th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cherries — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.