Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 1,958 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Bulgaria is 1,958 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 16.8% on the previous year and up 582.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 60,255 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 236 ha, in 2013.
That places Bulgaria 61st out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60,255 ha | — |
| 1962 | 54,818 ha | -9.0% |
| 1963 | 51,900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 45,794 ha | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 45,939 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 49,448 ha | +7.6% |
| 1967 | 50,724 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 42,856 ha | -15.5% |
| 1969 | 43,735 ha | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 41,912 ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 40,838 ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 37,175 ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 37,063 ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 36,557 ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 26,451 ha | -27.6% |
| 1976 | 25,469 ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 18,670 ha | -26.7% |
| 1978 | 18,173 ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 16,123 ha | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 12,405 ha | -23.1% |
| 1981 | 12,760 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 12,711 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 12,622 ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 11,552 ha | -8.5% |
| 1985 | 14,426 ha | +24.9% |
| 1986 | 14,543 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 13,671 ha | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 11,923 ha | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 11,269 ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 8,995 ha | -20.2% |
| 1991 | 14,992 ha | +66.7% |
| 1992 | 13,774 ha | -8.1% |
| 1993 | 7,296 ha | -47.0% |
| 1994 | 9,134 ha | +25.2% |
| 1995 | 11,482 ha | +25.7% |
| 1996 | 12,873 ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 14,106 ha | +9.6% |
| 1998 | 10,199 ha | -27.7% |
| 1999 | 8,366 ha | -18.0% |
| 2000 | 9,260 ha | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 14,500 ha | +56.6% |
| 2002 | 6,045 ha | -58.3% |
| 2003 | 3,142 ha | -48.0% |
| 2004 | 2,249 ha | -28.4% |
| 2005 | 1,119 ha | -50.2% |
| 2006 | 1,012 ha | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 848 ha | -16.2% |
| 2008 | 706 ha | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 495 ha | -29.9% |
| 2010 | 558 ha | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 415 ha | -25.6% |
| 2012 | 373 ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 236 ha | -36.7% |
| 2014 | 287 ha | +21.6% |
| 2015 | 2,171 ha | +656.4% |
| 2016 | 4,490 ha | +106.8% |
| 2017 | 4,805 ha | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 3,157 ha | -34.3% |
| 2019 | 3,461 ha | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 3,280 ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 2,354 ha | -28.2% |
| 2024 | 1,958 ha | -16.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,497 ha | 42,856 ha | 60,255 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,843 ha | 16,123 ha | 41,912 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,788 ha | 11,269 ha | 14,543 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,122 ha | 7,296 ha | 14,992 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,938 ha | 495 ha | 14,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,995 ha | 236 ha | 4,805 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,531 ha | 1,958 ha | 3,280 ha | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Bulgaria was 1,958 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 60,255 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 236 ha in 2013.
- How does Bulgaria rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 61st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 582.2%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.