Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 929,150 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sunflower seed — area harvested in Bulgaria stood at 929,150 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.8% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 929,150 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 226,087 ha, in 1976.
That places Bulgaria 9th out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 261,667 ha | 232,000 ha | 287,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 249,073 ha | 226,087 ha | 278,349 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 254,245 ha | 238,128 ha | 267,213 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 466,065 ha | 269,742 ha | 592,165 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 601,749 ha | 389,742 ha | 750,521 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 811,147 ha | 729,889 ha | 898,844 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 874,882 ha | 821,920 ha | 929,150 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bulgaria
- Agriculture share gdp 2.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 25.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.66 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Bulgaria was 929,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 929,150 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 226,087 ha in 1976.
- How does Bulgaria rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 9th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.