Potatoes — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Potatoes — Area harvested was 6,770 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Bulgaria is 6,770 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 55,630 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 6,770 ha, in 2024.
That places Bulgaria 99th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,408 ha | — |
| 1962 | 43,223 ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 43,108 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 40,776 ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 36,555 ha | -10.4% |
| 1966 | 34,134 ha | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 33,377 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 31,008 ha | -7.1% |
| 1969 | 29,236 ha | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 30,777 ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 28,712 ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 29,592 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 27,157 ha | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 31,391 ha | +15.6% |
| 1975 | 30,002 ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 29,049 ha | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 33,815 ha | +16.4% |
| 1978 | 36,887 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 38,982 ha | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 34,995 ha | -10.2% |
| 1981 | 36,481 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 40,324 ha | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 40,818 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 39,512 ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 39,840 ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 39,523 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 36,530 ha | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 36,553 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 40,217 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 41,219 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 42,524 ha | +3.2% |
| 1992 | 47,880 ha | +12.6% |
| 1993 | 39,323 ha | -17.9% |
| 1994 | 47,319 ha | +20.3% |
| 1995 | 55,630 ha | +17.6% |
| 1996 | 39,615 ha | -28.8% |
| 1997 | 44,314 ha | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 50,866 ha | +14.8% |
| 1999 | 52,211 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 52,820 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 48,448 ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 51,886 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 29,754 ha | -42.7% |
| 2004 | 30,675 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 23,999 ha | -21.8% |
| 2006 | 24,471 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 22,427 ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 21,711 ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 14,002 ha | -35.5% |
| 2010 | 13,805 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 16,219 ha | +17.5% |
| 2012 | 14,906 ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 12,765 ha | -14.4% |
| 2014 | 10,200 ha | -20.1% |
| 2015 | 11,018 ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 8,376 ha | -24.0% |
| 2017 | 12,806 ha | +52.9% |
| 2018 | 14,100 ha | +10.1% |
| 2019 | 9,290 ha | -34.1% |
| 2020 | 9,950 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 10,900 ha | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 9,160 ha | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 7,020 ha | -23.4% |
| 2024 | 6,770 ha | -3.6% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 6,770 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 69% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 6,770 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 38% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,981 ha | 29,236 ha | 43,223 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,636 ha | 27,157 ha | 38,982 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,479 ha | 34,995 ha | 40,818 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,090 ha | 39,323 ha | 55,630 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,019 ha | 14,002 ha | 52,820 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,348 ha | 8,376 ha | 16,219 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,760 ha | 6,770 ha | 10,900 ha | 5 |
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)
- 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 potatoes — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Bulgaria was 6,770 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 55,630 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,770 ha in 2024.
- How does Bulgaria rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 99th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.6%. 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 Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 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.