Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.09 million ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 1.09 million ha for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in 2017. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 62.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 1.09 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 287,976 ha, in 1988.
Bulgaria ranks 39th of 182 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 354,059 ha | 322,741 ha | 374,341 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 349,028 ha | 319,503 ha | 364,750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 344,320 ha | 287,976 ha | 384,989 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 513,418 ha | 322,162 ha | 635,774 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 653,578 ha | 441,742 ha | 817,284 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.01 million ha | 925,894 ha | 1.09 million ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 36 Uganda 1.19 million ha compare
- 37 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 1.17 million ha compare
- 38 Hungary 1.11 million ha compare
- 39 Niue 5,285 ha compare
- 40 Uruguay 1.08 million ha compare
- 41 Cook Islands 984 ha compare
- 41 Ghana 1.04 million ha compare
- 42 Uzbekistan, Republic of 994,711 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Bulgaria was 1.09 million ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 287,976 ha in 1988.
- How does Bulgaria rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 39th out of 182 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.3%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.