Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 6,770 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bulgaria stood at 6,770 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 55,630 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 6,770 ha, in 2024.
Bulgaria ranks 138th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41,558 ha | — |
| 1962 | 43,423 ha | +4.5% |
| 1963 | 43,308 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 40,976 ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 36,755 ha | -10.3% |
| 1966 | 34,284 ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 33,527 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 31,008 ha | -7.5% |
| 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% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,119 ha | 29,236 ha | 43,423 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 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bulgaria was 6,770 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 55,630 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,770 ha in 2024.
- How does Bulgaria rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 138th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.