Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 491 ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 2001–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for green corn (maize) — area harvested in Bulgaria is 491 ha, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 14.5% on the previous year and up 158.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 666 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 112 ha, in 2006.
Bulgaria ranks 36th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 234 ha | — |
| 2002 | 423 ha | +80.8% |
| 2003 | 666 ha | +57.4% |
| 2004 | 319 ha | -52.1% |
| 2005 | 314 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 112 ha | -64.3% |
| 2007 | 190 ha | +69.6% |
| 2008 | 196 ha | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 165 ha | -15.8% |
| 2010 | 204 ha | +23.6% |
| 2011 | 315 ha | +54.4% |
| 2012 | 176 ha | -44.1% |
| 2013 | 520 ha | +195.5% |
| 2014 | 283 ha | -45.6% |
| 2015 | 484 ha | +71.0% |
| 2016 | 574 ha | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 491 ha | -14.5% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 491 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 51% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 491 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,800 ha, 27% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 291 ha | 112 ha | 666 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 380.88 ha | 176 ha | 574 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 33 Austria 830 ha compare
- 34 Puerto Rico 682 ha compare
- 35 Trinidad and Tobago 623 ha compare
- 37 Switzerland 386 ha compare
- 38 Panama 215 ha
- 39 Barbados 168 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Bulgaria was 491 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 666 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 112 ha in 2006.
- How does Bulgaria rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 36th out of 53 countries with data for 2017.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 158.4%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.