Spinach — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Spinach — Area harvested was 100 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 100 ha for spinach — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 150.0% on the previous year and down 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 1,085 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 2009.
That places Bulgaria 50th out of 69 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.
Spinach — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 550 ha | — |
| 1962 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 650 ha | +18.2% |
| 1964 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 764 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 761 ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 852 ha | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 884 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 1,085 ha | +22.7% |
| 1972 | 936 ha | -13.7% |
| 1973 | 837 ha | -10.6% |
| 1974 | 796 ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 607 ha | -23.7% |
| 1976 | 718 ha | +18.3% |
| 1977 | 838 ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 835 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 703 ha | -15.8% |
| 1980 | 336 ha | -52.2% |
| 1981 | 341 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 396 ha | +16.1% |
| 1983 | 386 ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 396 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 426 ha | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 385 ha | -9.6% |
| 1987 | 428 ha | +11.2% |
| 1988 | 335 ha | -21.7% |
| 1989 | 285 ha | -14.9% |
| 1990 | 173 ha | -39.3% |
| 1991 | 143 ha | -17.3% |
| 1992 | 140 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 130 ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 200 ha | +53.8% |
| 1995 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1996 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1998 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 400 ha | -33.3% |
| 2001 | 277 ha | -30.8% |
| 2002 | 928 ha | +235.0% |
| 2003 | 181 ha | -80.5% |
| 2004 | 455 ha | +151.4% |
| 2005 | 47 ha | -89.7% |
| 2006 | 59 ha | +25.5% |
| 2007 | 72 ha | +22.0% |
| 2008 | 45 ha | -37.5% |
| 2009 | 40 ha | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 80 ha | +100.0% |
| 2011 | 95 ha | +18.8% |
| 2012 | 75 ha | -21.1% |
| 2013 | 87 ha | +16.0% |
| 2014 | 123 ha | +41.4% |
| 2015 | 49 ha | -60.2% |
| 2016 | 96 ha | +95.9% |
| 2017 | 66 ha | -31.2% |
| 2018 | 130 ha | +97.0% |
| 2019 | 90 ha | -30.8% |
| 2020 | 150 ha | +66.7% |
| 2021 | 70 ha | -53.3% |
| 2022 | 100 ha | +42.9% |
| 2023 | 40 ha | -60.0% |
| 2024 | 100 ha | +150.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 100 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 62% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 100 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 24% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +235.0% | 277 ha | 928 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 680.78 ha | 550 ha | 852 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 823.9 ha | 607 ha | 1,085 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 371.4 ha | 285 ha | 428 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 318.6 ha | 130 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 250.4 ha | 40 ha | 928 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.1 ha | 49 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 92 ha | 40 ha | 150 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 spinach — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Spinach — area harvested in Bulgaria was 100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,085 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 2009.
- How does Bulgaria rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 50th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.7%. 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 Spinach — 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.