Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 110 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Bulgaria stood at 110 ha.
That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and down 62.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 1,569 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 52 ha, in 2008.
That places Bulgaria 81st out of 108 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 ha | -12.5% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | -42.9% |
| 1966 | 341 ha | -14.8% |
| 1967 | 319 ha | -6.5% |
| 1968 | 329 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 344 ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 345 ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 368 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 265 ha | -28.0% |
| 1973 | 363 ha | +37.0% |
| 1974 | 391 ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 330 ha | -15.6% |
| 1976 | 293 ha | -11.2% |
| 1977 | 373 ha | +27.3% |
| 1978 | 379 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 301 ha | -20.6% |
| 1980 | 178 ha | -40.9% |
| 1981 | 221 ha | +24.2% |
| 1982 | 243 ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 246 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 288 ha | +17.1% |
| 1985 | 255 ha | -11.5% |
| 1986 | 301 ha | +18.0% |
| 1987 | 319 ha | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 367 ha | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 392 ha | +6.8% |
| 1990 | 376 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 364 ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 350 ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1994 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 1995 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1996 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 605 ha | -32.8% |
| 2002 | 520 ha | -14.0% |
| 2003 | 1,188 ha | +128.5% |
| 2004 | 1,569 ha | +32.1% |
| 2005 | 173 ha | -89.0% |
| 2006 | 86 ha | -50.3% |
| 2007 | 78 ha | -9.3% |
| 2008 | 52 ha | -33.3% |
| 2009 | 100 ha | +92.3% |
| 2010 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 427 ha | +327.0% |
| 2012 | 299 ha | -30.0% |
| 2013 | 358 ha | +19.7% |
| 2014 | 290 ha | -19.0% |
| 2015 | 176 ha | -39.3% |
| 2016 | 100 ha | -43.2% |
| 2017 | 116 ha | +16.0% |
| 2018 | 240 ha | +106.9% |
| 2019 | 230 ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 140 ha | -39.1% |
| 2021 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 190 ha | +26.7% |
| 2023 | 220 ha | +15.8% |
| 2024 | 110 ha | -50.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 110 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 37% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 110 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 22% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +327.0% | 100 ha | 427 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 537 ha | 319 ha | 800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 340.8 ha | 265 ha | 391 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 281 ha | 178 ha | 392 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 579 ha | 300 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 527.1 ha | 52 ha | 1,569 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 233.6 ha | 100 ha | 427 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 162 ha | 110 ha | 220 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Bulgaria was 110 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,569 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 52 ha in 2008.
- How does Bulgaria rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 81st out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — 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.