Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 1,480 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 1,480 ha for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 72.1% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 11,761 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 62 ha, in 2011.
Bulgaria ranks 66th of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,850 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,127 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 3,607 ha | -29.6% |
| 1964 | 4,250 ha | +17.8% |
| 1965 | 3,446 ha | -18.9% |
| 1966 | 3,223 ha | -6.5% |
| 1967 | 3,088 ha | -4.2% |
| 1968 | 3,269 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 3,323 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 2,839 ha | -14.6% |
| 1971 | 3,159 ha | +11.3% |
| 1972 | 2,825 ha | -10.6% |
| 1973 | 2,394 ha | -15.3% |
| 1974 | 1,983 ha | -17.2% |
| 1975 | 1,800 ha | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 1,700 ha | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 1,773 ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 1,730 ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 1,924 ha | +11.2% |
| 1980 | 2,569 ha | +33.5% |
| 1981 | 2,260 ha | -12.0% |
| 1982 | 2,275 ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 2,505 ha | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 2,480 ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 2,225 ha | -10.3% |
| 1986 | 2,322 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 2,828 ha | +21.8% |
| 1988 | 3,200 ha | +13.2% |
| 1989 | 2,901 ha | -9.3% |
| 1990 | 2,712 ha | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 2,708 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 2,319 ha | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 3,573 ha | +54.1% |
| 1994 | 2,773 ha | -22.4% |
| 1995 | 4,000 ha | +44.2% |
| 1996 | 4,057 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 3,800 ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 3,558 ha | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 3,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 2,777 ha | -20.7% |
| 2002 | 3,593 ha | +29.4% |
| 2003 | 1,350 ha | -62.4% |
| 2004 | 1,164 ha | -13.8% |
| 2005 | 220 ha | -81.1% |
| 2006 | 232 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 272 ha | +17.2% |
| 2008 | 260 ha | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 226 ha | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 987 ha | +336.7% |
| 2011 | 62 ha | -93.7% |
| 2012 | 529 ha | +753.2% |
| 2013 | 970 ha | +83.4% |
| 2014 | 1,228 ha | +26.6% |
| 2015 | 2,442 ha | +98.9% |
| 2016 | 11,761 ha | +381.6% |
| 2017 | 2,117 ha | -82.0% |
| 2018 | 1,680 ha | -20.6% |
| 2019 | 1,350 ha | -19.6% |
| 2020 | 1,740 ha | +28.9% |
| 2021 | 1,750 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 970 ha | -44.6% |
| 2023 | 860 ha | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 1,480 ha | +72.1% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 1,480 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 806 ha, 1.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 1,480 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 951 ha, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +753.2% | 62 ha | 529 ha |
| 2016 | +381.6% | 2,442 ha | 11,761 ha |
| 2010 | +336.7% | 226 ha | 987 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,798 ha | 3,088 ha | 5,127 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,213 ha | 1,700 ha | 3,159 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,556 ha | 2,225 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,310 ha | 2,319 ha | 4,057 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,359 ha | 220 ha | 3,593 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,313 ha | 62 ha | 11,761 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,360 ha | 860 ha | 1,750 ha | 5 |
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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 pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Bulgaria was 1,480 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 11,761 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 62 ha in 2011.
- How does Bulgaria rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 66th out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — 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.