Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.09 million ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Bulgaria stood at 1.09 million ha. That is the highest value across all 57 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 62.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 1.09 million ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 287,976 ha, in 1988.
That places Bulgaria 45th out of 186 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 353,945 ha | — |
| 1962 | 375,340 ha | +6.0% |
| 1963 | 345,777 ha | -7.9% |
| 1964 | 322,848 ha | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 347,557 ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 346,084 ha | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 363,669 ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 366,699 ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 369,826 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 364,824 ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 359,732 ha | -1.4% |
| 1972 | 356,868 ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 337,541 ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 354,566 ha | +5.0% |
| 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 354,638 ha | 322,848 ha | 375,340 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 349,182 ha | 319,503 ha | 364,824 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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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Oilcrops, oil 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, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 million ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 287,976 ha in 1988.
- How does Bulgaria rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 45th out of 186 countries with data for 2017.
- Is oilcrops, oil 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, Oil 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.