Soya beans — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Soya beans — Area harvested was 580 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Bulgaria is 580 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 84.2% on the previous year and up 90.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 99,208 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 62 ha, in 1966.
Bulgaria ranks 80th of 107 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.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,113 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,881 ha | +36.3% |
| 1963 | 1,517 ha | -47.3% |
| 1964 | 346 ha | -77.2% |
| 1965 | 350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 62 ha | -82.3% |
| 1967 | 124 ha | +100.0% |
| 1968 | 122 ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 124 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 9,482 ha | +7546.8% |
| 1971 | 17,612 ha | +85.7% |
| 1972 | 13,551 ha | -23.1% |
| 1973 | 19,157 ha | +41.4% |
| 1974 | 27,164 ha | +41.8% |
| 1975 | 36,261 ha | +33.5% |
| 1976 | 56,364 ha | +55.4% |
| 1977 | 68,971 ha | +22.4% |
| 1978 | 99,208 ha | +43.8% |
| 1979 | 96,013 ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 94,167 ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 93,933 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 68,749 ha | -26.8% |
| 1983 | 64,245 ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 71,671 ha | +11.6% |
| 1985 | 70,982 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 51,238 ha | -27.8% |
| 1987 | 35,723 ha | -30.3% |
| 1988 | 23,682 ha | -33.7% |
| 1989 | 21,493 ha | -9.2% |
| 1990 | 16,816 ha | -21.8% |
| 1991 | 10,542 ha | -37.3% |
| 1992 | 21,093 ha | +100.1% |
| 1993 | 20,771 ha | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 9,402 ha | -54.7% |
| 1995 | 15,113 ha | +60.7% |
| 1996 | 16,906 ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 6,268 ha | -62.9% |
| 1998 | 10,466 ha | +67.0% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | -42.7% |
| 2000 | 3,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 2001 | 1,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 2002 | 2,866 ha | +186.6% |
| 2003 | 524 ha | -81.7% |
| 2004 | 341 ha | -34.9% |
| 2005 | 272 ha | -20.2% |
| 2006 | 88 ha | -67.6% |
| 2007 | 113 ha | +28.4% |
| 2008 | 134 ha | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 414 ha | +209.0% |
| 2010 | 725 ha | +75.1% |
| 2011 | 588 ha | -18.9% |
| 2012 | 248 ha | -57.8% |
| 2013 | 336 ha | +35.5% |
| 2014 | 305 ha | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 34,468 ha | +11201.0% |
| 2016 | 14,162 ha | -58.9% |
| 2017 | 11,530 ha | -18.6% |
| 2018 | 2,320 ha | -79.9% |
| 2019 | 3,860 ha | +66.4% |
| 2020 | 4,510 ha | +16.8% |
| 2021 | 1,990 ha | -55.9% |
| 2022 | 9,500 ha | +377.4% |
| 2023 | 3,670 ha | -61.4% |
| 2024 | 580 ha | -84.2% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 580 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,120 ha, 19% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 580 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,120 ha, 19% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +11201.0% | 305 ha | 34,468 ha |
| 1970 | +7546.8% | 124 ha | 9,482 ha |
| 2022 | +377.4% | 1,990 ha | 9,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 848.78 ha | 62 ha | 2,881 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,378 ha | 9,482 ha | 99,208 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,588 ha | 21,493 ha | 94,167 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,338 ha | 6,000 ha | 21,093 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 875.2 ha | 88 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,854 ha | 248 ha | 34,468 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,050 ha | 580 ha | 9,500 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 soya beans — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Bulgaria was 580 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 99,208 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 62 ha in 1966.
- How does Bulgaria rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 80th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.2%. 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 Soya beans — 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.