True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2022. ◆ Volatile
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 0 ha for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 43 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 15,108 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1992.
That places Bulgaria 27th out of 33 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
True hemp, raw or retted — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,971 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,965 ha | -8.4% |
| 1963 | 10,459 ha | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 10,180 ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 11,412 ha | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 15,108 ha | +32.4% |
| 1967 | 13,698 ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 11,459 ha | -16.3% |
| 1969 | 11,677 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 10,039 ha | -14.0% |
| 1971 | 9,397 ha | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 8,870 ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 7,291 ha | -17.8% |
| 1974 | 9,064 ha | +24.3% |
| 1975 | 5,557 ha | -38.7% |
| 1976 | 7,249 ha | +30.4% |
| 1977 | 5,002 ha | -31.0% |
| 1978 | 5,298 ha | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 5,742 ha | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 3,908 ha | -31.9% |
| 1981 | 5,481 ha | +40.3% |
| 1982 | 5,059 ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 5,361 ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 5,703 ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 5,349 ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 4,582 ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 2,767 ha | -39.6% |
| 1988 | 1,337 ha | -51.7% |
| 1989 | 664 ha | -50.3% |
| 1990 | 517 ha | -22.1% |
| 1991 | 618 ha | +19.5% |
| 1992 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1993 | 50 ha | — |
| 1994 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1995 | 20 ha | — |
| 1996 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1997 | 48 ha | — |
| 1998 | 8 ha | -83.3% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 1,010 ha | — |
| 2020 | 610 ha | -39.6% |
| 2021 | 160 ha | -73.8% |
| 2022 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 140 ha. (21 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 110 ha. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,881 ha | 10,180 ha | 15,108 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,351 ha | 5,002 ha | 10,039 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,021 ha | 664 ha | 5,703 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 140.11 ha | 0 ha | 618 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 505 ha | 0 ha | 1,010 ha | 2 |
| 2020s | 256.67 ha | 0 ha | 610 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
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 true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- True hemp, raw or retted — area harvested in Bulgaria was 0 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 15,108 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1992.
- How does Bulgaria rank for true hemp, raw or retted — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 27th out of 33 countries with data for 2022.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of True hemp, raw or retted — 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.