Sugar beet — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0 ha for sugar beet — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 80,816 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2008.
That places Bulgaria 58th out of 68 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 73,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 76,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1963 | 75,286 ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 80,816 ha | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 70,720 ha | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 64,494 ha | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 61,273 ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 54,669 ha | -10.8% |
| 1969 | 59,395 ha | +8.6% |
| 1970 | 58,072 ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 45,300 ha | -22.0% |
| 1972 | 56,776 ha | +25.3% |
| 1973 | 60,558 ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 60,310 ha | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 77,830 ha | +29.0% |
| 1976 | 71,708 ha | -7.9% |
| 1977 | 71,757 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 62,062 ha | -13.5% |
| 1979 | 62,160 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 54,515 ha | -12.3% |
| 1981 | 52,768 ha | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 60,527 ha | +14.7% |
| 1983 | 32,400 ha | -46.5% |
| 1984 | 50,698 ha | +56.5% |
| 1985 | 49,034 ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 42,900 ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 40,735 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 40,671 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 40,499 ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 36,479 ha | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 37,725 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 17,458 ha | -53.7% |
| 1993 | 10,467 ha | -40.0% |
| 1994 | 8,060 ha | -23.0% |
| 1995 | 9,377 ha | +16.3% |
| 1996 | 8,493 ha | -9.4% |
| 1997 | 5,157 ha | -39.3% |
| 1998 | 4,165 ha | -19.2% |
| 1999 | 3,190 ha | -23.4% |
| 2000 | 2,210 ha | -30.7% |
| 2001 | 1,343 ha | -39.2% |
| 2002 | 2,162 ha | +61.0% |
| 2003 | 394 ha | -81.8% |
| 2004 | 1,083 ha | +174.9% |
| 2005 | 1,294 ha | +19.5% |
| 2006 | 1,356 ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 1,284 ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2009 | 0 ha | — |
| 2018 | 0 ha | — |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2024 | 0 ha | — |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,080 ha. (32 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +174.9% | 394 ha | 1,083 ha |
| 2008 | -100.0% | 1,284 ha | 0 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,406 ha | 54,669 ha | 80,816 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,653 ha | 45,300 ha | 77,830 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,475 ha | 32,400 ha | 60,527 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,057 ha | 3,190 ha | 37,725 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,113 ha | 0 ha | 2,210 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 2 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 55 Greece 50 ha compare
- 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 24 ha compare
- 57 Palestine 3 ha compare
- 58 Algeria 0 ha compare
- 58 Cyprus 0 ha
- 58 Estonia 0 ha compare
- 58 Georgia 0 ha compare
- 58 Ireland 0 ha compare
- 58 Israel 0 ha compare
- 58 Latvia 0 ha compare
- 58 Malta 0 ha
- 58 Portugal 0 ha compare
- 58 Uruguay 0 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 sugar beet — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Bulgaria was 0 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 80,816 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2008.
- How does Bulgaria rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 58th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar beet — 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.