Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 503,030 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 503,030 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 731,156 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 214,367 ha, in 2007.
That places Bulgaria 51st out of 182 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 603,765 ha | 554,710 ha | 659,962 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 647,750 ha | 523,352 ha | 731,156 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 546,534 ha | 435,239 ha | 620,879 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 497,433 ha | 424,428 ha | 619,406 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 338,848 ha | 214,367 ha | 466,475 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 433,971 ha | 327,525 ha | 560,910 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 542,536 ha | 503,030 ha | 581,530 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 48 Côte d'Ivoire 640,000 ha compare
- 49 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 585,000 ha compare
- 50 Myanmar 521,862 ha compare
- 52 Germany 498,400 ha compare
- 53 Bangladesh 496,681 ha compare
- 54 Italy 495,350 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bulgaria
- Agriculture share gdp 2.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 25.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.66 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Bulgaria was 503,030 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 731,156 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 214,367 ha in 2007.
- How does Bulgaria rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 51st out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.