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 184 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 352,180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 374,341 ha | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 345,105 ha | -7.8% |
| 1964 | 322,741 ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 347,445 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 346,004 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 363,642 ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 366,213 ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 368,863 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 364,016 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 359,304 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 356,645 ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 337,464 ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 354,562 ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 319,503 ha | -9.9% |
| 1976 | 329,829 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 341,963 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 364,750 ha | +6.7% |
| 1979 | 362,239 ha | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 375,458 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 384,989 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 352,093 ha | -8.5% |
| 1983 | 355,322 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 354,091 ha | -0.3% |
| 1985 | 368,709 ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 337,064 ha | -8.6% |
| 1987 | 331,163 ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 287,976 ha | -13.0% |
| 1989 | 296,334 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 338,075 ha | +14.1% |
| 1991 | 322,162 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 529,905 ha | +64.5% |
| 1993 | 513,668 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 534,137 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 635,774 ha | +19.0% |
| 1996 | 549,736 ha | -13.5% |
| 1997 | 496,293 ha | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 582,151 ha | +17.3% |
| 1999 | 632,281 ha | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 556,425 ha | -12.0% |
| 2001 | 441,742 ha | -20.6% |
| 2002 | 508,047 ha | +15.0% |
| 2003 | 687,588 ha | +35.3% |
| 2004 | 617,288 ha | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 659,383 ha | +6.8% |
| 2006 | 777,567 ha | +17.9% |
| 2007 | 669,762 ha | -13.9% |
| 2008 | 817,284 ha | +22.0% |
| 2009 | 800,692 ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 965,939 ha | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 991,713 ha | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 925,894 ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 1.02 million ha | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 1.05 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 1.04 million ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.03 million ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1.09 million ha | +5.6% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 1.09 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 35,260 ha, 30.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 1.09 million ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 155,749 ha, 7.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +64.5% | 322,162 ha | 529,905 ha |
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bulgaria
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0715 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.5626 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0125 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.7824 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
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 184 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.