Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested was 500 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Bulgaria stood at 500 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 38.9% on the previous year and up 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 2,000 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 224 ha, in 2012.
Bulgaria ranks 51st of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Eggplants (aubergines) — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 ha | — |
| 1962 | 780 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 780 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 800 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 810 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 700 ha | -13.6% |
| 1968 | 801 ha | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 796 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 915 ha | +14.9% |
| 1971 | 903 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 988 ha | +9.4% |
| 1973 | 818 ha | -17.2% |
| 1974 | 973 ha | +18.9% |
| 1975 | 1,221 ha | +25.5% |
| 1976 | 1,078 ha | -11.7% |
| 1977 | 1,298 ha | +20.4% |
| 1978 | 1,403 ha | +8.1% |
| 1979 | 1,278 ha | -8.9% |
| 1980 | 1,331 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 1,205 ha | -9.5% |
| 1982 | 1,335 ha | +10.8% |
| 1983 | 1,402 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 1,343 ha | -4.2% |
| 1985 | 1,395 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 1,583 ha | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 1,606 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 1,414 ha | -12.0% |
| 1989 | 1,251 ha | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 1,231 ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 835 ha | -32.2% |
| 1992 | 800 ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 900 ha | +28.6% |
| 1995 | 1,200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1996 | 1,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1997 | 1,800 ha | +20.0% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 1,150 ha | -42.5% |
| 2000 | 800 ha | -30.4% |
| 2001 | 630 ha | -21.2% |
| 2002 | 569 ha | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 1,318 ha | +131.6% |
| 2004 | 1,613 ha | +22.4% |
| 2005 | 468 ha | -71.0% |
| 2006 | 303 ha | -35.3% |
| 2007 | 354 ha | +16.8% |
| 2008 | 260 ha | -26.6% |
| 2009 | 695 ha | +167.3% |
| 2010 | 455 ha | -34.5% |
| 2011 | 347 ha | -23.7% |
| 2012 | 224 ha | -35.4% |
| 2013 | 291 ha | +29.9% |
| 2014 | 311 ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 487 ha | +56.6% |
| 2016 | 311 ha | -36.1% |
| 2017 | 481 ha | +54.7% |
| 2018 | 440 ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 390 ha | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 370 ha | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 320 ha | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 420 ha | +31.2% |
| 2023 | 360 ha | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 500 ha | +38.9% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 500 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 99 ha, 5.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 500 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 403 ha, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Eggplants (aubergines) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +167.3% | 260 ha | 695 ha |
| 2003 | +131.6% | 569 ha | 1,318 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 779.67 ha | 700 ha | 810 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,088 ha | 818 ha | 1,403 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,386 ha | 1,205 ha | 1,606 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,212 ha | 700 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 701 ha | 260 ha | 1,613 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 373.7 ha | 224 ha | 487 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 394 ha | 320 ha | 500 ha | 5 |
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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 eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested in Bulgaria was 500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 224 ha in 2012.
- How does Bulgaria rank for eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 51st out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggplants (aubergines) — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.8%. 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 Eggplants (aubergines) — 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.