Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested was 721 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 721 ha for onions and shallots, green — area harvested in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 23.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 2,062 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 510 ha, in 2005.
That places Bulgaria 31st out of 59 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,942 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,650 ha | -15.0% |
| 1963 | 1,570 ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 2,039 ha | +29.9% |
| 1965 | 2,062 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 1,598 ha | -22.5% |
| 1967 | 1,713 ha | +7.2% |
| 1968 | 1,569 ha | -8.4% |
| 1969 | 1,389 ha | -11.5% |
| 1970 | 1,781 ha | +28.2% |
| 1971 | 1,466 ha | -17.7% |
| 1972 | 1,657 ha | +13.0% |
| 1973 | 1,719 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 1,815 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 1,398 ha | -23.0% |
| 1976 | 1,442 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 1,496 ha | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 1,645 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 1,469 ha | -10.7% |
| 1980 | 1,276 ha | -13.1% |
| 1981 | 1,214 ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 1,338 ha | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 1,314 ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 1,295 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 1,339 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 1,289 ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 1,231 ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 1,300 ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 1,279 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 1,153 ha | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 1,204 ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 1,366 ha | +13.5% |
| 1993 | 1,457 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 1,548 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 1,640 ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 1,730 ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | -42.2% |
| 1998 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 879 ha | -20.1% |
| 2003 | 1,000 ha | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 1,309 ha | +30.9% |
| 2005 | 510 ha | -61.0% |
| 2006 | 1,296 ha | +154.1% |
| 2007 | 940 ha | -27.5% |
| 2008 | 903 ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 600 ha | -33.6% |
| 2010 | 816 ha | +36.0% |
| 2011 | 835 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 827 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 805 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 765 ha | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 753 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 741 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 721 ha | -2.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,726 ha | 1,389 ha | 2,062 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,589 ha | 1,398 ha | 1,815 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,288 ha | 1,214 ha | 1,339 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,330 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,730 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 963.7 ha | 510 ha | 1,309 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 782.88 ha | 721 ha | 835 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
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 onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Onions and shallots, green — area harvested in Bulgaria was 721 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,062 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, green — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 510 ha in 2005.
- How does Bulgaria rank for onions and shallots, green — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 31st out of 59 countries with data for 2017.
- Is onions and shallots, green — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.3%. 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 Onions and shallots, green — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 57 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.