Rice — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Rice — Area harvested was 12,150 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Rice — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 12,150 ha for rice — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.5% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 17,184 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 827 ha, in 1994.
That places Bulgaria 78th out of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,385 ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,812 ha | +13.7% |
| 1963 | 11,712 ha | -0.8% |
| 1964 | 11,377 ha | -2.9% |
| 1965 | 10,777 ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 12,215 ha | +13.3% |
| 1967 | 13,725 ha | +12.4% |
| 1968 | 13,537 ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 15,538 ha | +14.8% |
| 1970 | 17,166 ha | +10.5% |
| 1971 | 17,001 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 14,846 ha | -12.7% |
| 1973 | 16,246 ha | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 16,792 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 16,810 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 16,655 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 17,184 ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 16,616 ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 16,413 ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 16,552 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 16,431 ha | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 16,443 ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 15,603 ha | -5.1% |
| 1984 | 15,999 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 12,851 ha | -19.7% |
| 1986 | 13,260 ha | +3.2% |
| 1987 | 14,141 ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 14,118 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 13,643 ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 10,590 ha | -22.4% |
| 1991 | 8,203 ha | -22.5% |
| 1992 | 4,525 ha | -44.8% |
| 1993 | 3,119 ha | -31.1% |
| 1994 | 827 ha | -73.5% |
| 1995 | 1,380 ha | +66.9% |
| 1996 | 2,606 ha | +88.8% |
| 1997 | 3,794 ha | +45.6% |
| 1998 | 3,266 ha | -13.9% |
| 1999 | 1,417 ha | -56.6% |
| 2000 | 3,571 ha | +152.0% |
| 2001 | 3,897 ha | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 4,166 ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 5,633 ha | +35.2% |
| 2004 | 5,669 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 4,501 ha | -20.6% |
| 2006 | 4,539 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 6,583 ha | +45.0% |
| 2008 | 7,788 ha | +18.3% |
| 2009 | 8,312 ha | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 11,977 ha | +44.1% |
| 2011 | 11,791 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 9,873 ha | -16.3% |
| 2013 | 10,214 ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 11,043 ha | +8.1% |
| 2015 | 12,410 ha | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 11,988 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 10,434 ha | -13.0% |
| 2018 | 11,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 11,820 ha | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 12,350 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 12,050 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 10,580 ha | -12.2% |
| 2023 | 11,200 ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 12,150 ha | +8.5% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 12,150 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419 ha, 29.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +152.0% | 1,417 ha | 3,571 ha |
| 1996 | +88.8% | 1,380 ha | 2,606 ha |
| 1994 | -73.5% | 3,119 ha | 827 ha |
| 1995 | +66.9% | 827 ha | 1,380 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,342 ha | 10,385 ha | 15,538 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,573 ha | 14,846 ha | 17,184 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,904 ha | 12,851 ha | 16,552 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,973 ha | 827 ha | 10,590 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,466 ha | 3,571 ha | 8,312 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,255 ha | 9,873 ha | 12,410 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,666 ha | 10,580 ha | 12,350 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 75 Costa Rica 14,742 ha compare
- 76 France 13,480 ha compare
- 77 Tajikistan 12,218 ha compare
- 79 Kyrgyzstan 11,907 ha compare
- 80 Guatemala 10,538 ha compare
- 81 Bhutan 9,112 ha compare
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 rice — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Rice — area harvested in Bulgaria was 12,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 17,184 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 827 ha in 1994.
- How does Bulgaria rank for rice — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 78th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. 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 Rice — 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.