Oats — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Oats — Area harvested was 23,570 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 23,570 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 81.2% on the previous year and up 58.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 160,424 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 9,940 ha, in 2021.
That places Bulgaria 42nd out of 79 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.
Oats — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160,424 ha | — |
| 1962 | 152,074 ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 133,125 ha | -12.5% |
| 1964 | 129,731 ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 118,899 ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 113,332 ha | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 120,343 ha | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 95,658 ha | -20.5% |
| 1969 | 75,520 ha | -21.1% |
| 1970 | 71,048 ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 74,812 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 64,765 ha | -13.4% |
| 1973 | 45,791 ha | -29.3% |
| 1974 | 47,152 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 50,172 ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 44,234 ha | -11.8% |
| 1977 | 57,061 ha | +29.0% |
| 1978 | 50,929 ha | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 52,715 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 40,650 ha | -22.9% |
| 1981 | 45,581 ha | +12.1% |
| 1982 | 43,492 ha | -4.6% |
| 1983 | 34,171 ha | -21.4% |
| 1984 | 23,410 ha | -31.5% |
| 1985 | 28,673 ha | +22.5% |
| 1986 | 28,410 ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 27,655 ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 27,304 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 37,958 ha | +39.0% |
| 1990 | 35,225 ha | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 35,764 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 42,746 ha | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 51,653 ha | +20.8% |
| 1994 | 53,108 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 35,715 ha | -32.8% |
| 1996 | 35,396 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 41,085 ha | +16.1% |
| 1998 | 44,538 ha | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 56,469 ha | +26.8% |
| 2000 | 40,605 ha | -28.1% |
| 2001 | 51,301 ha | +26.3% |
| 2002 | 41,025 ha | -20.0% |
| 2003 | 37,615 ha | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 43,002 ha | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 30,571 ha | -28.9% |
| 2006 | 16,446 ha | -46.2% |
| 2007 | 21,913 ha | +33.2% |
| 2008 | 24,868 ha | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 19,996 ha | -19.6% |
| 2010 | 24,353 ha | +21.8% |
| 2011 | 14,794 ha | -39.3% |
| 2012 | 16,640 ha | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 17,891 ha | +7.5% |
| 2014 | 14,886 ha | -16.8% |
| 2015 | 11,076 ha | -25.6% |
| 2016 | 15,323 ha | +38.3% |
| 2017 | 13,266 ha | -13.4% |
| 2018 | 11,340 ha | -14.5% |
| 2019 | 12,150 ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 13,400 ha | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 9,940 ha | -25.8% |
| 2022 | 11,440 ha | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 13,010 ha | +13.7% |
| 2024 | 23,570 ha | +81.2% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 23,570 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 49% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 23,570 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 92% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 122,123 ha | 75,520 ha | 160,424 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 55,868 ha | 44,234 ha | 74,812 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,730 ha | 23,410 ha | 45,581 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,170 ha | 35,225 ha | 56,469 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,734 ha | 16,446 ha | 51,301 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,172 ha | 11,076 ha | 24,353 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,272 ha | 9,940 ha | 23,570 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 oats — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Oats — area harvested in Bulgaria was 23,570 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 160,424 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,940 ha in 2021.
- How does Bulgaria rank for oats — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 42nd out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.3%. 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 Oats — 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.