Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 2,020 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 2,020 ha for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.5% on the previous year and down 88.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Bulgaria peaked at 131,144 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 2,020 ha, in 2024.
That places Bulgaria 55th out of 139 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 96,012 ha | — |
| 1962 | 119,853 ha | +24.8% |
| 1963 | 124,331 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 131,144 ha | +5.5% |
| 1965 | 120,735 ha | -7.9% |
| 1966 | 117,140 ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 103,101 ha | -12.0% |
| 1968 | 113,603 ha | +10.2% |
| 1969 | 116,719 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 118,084 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 115,390 ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 121,634 ha | +5.4% |
| 1973 | 119,238 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 123,339 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 127,013 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 120,615 ha | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 121,793 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 114,950 ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 115,416 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 108,066 ha | -6.4% |
| 1981 | 106,377 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 103,322 ha | -2.9% |
| 1983 | 107,722 ha | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 103,654 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 101,748 ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 103,002 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 90,468 ha | -12.2% |
| 1988 | 87,222 ha | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 72,712 ha | -16.6% |
| 1990 | 52,897 ha | -27.3% |
| 1991 | 53,413 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 53,153 ha | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 38,857 ha | -26.9% |
| 1994 | 26,775 ha | -31.1% |
| 1995 | 14,254 ha | -46.8% |
| 1996 | 27,863 ha | +95.5% |
| 1997 | 41,589 ha | +49.3% |
| 1998 | 33,611 ha | -19.2% |
| 1999 | 26,047 ha | -22.5% |
| 2000 | 28,523 ha | +9.5% |
| 2001 | 45,487 ha | +59.5% |
| 2002 | 39,366 ha | -13.5% |
| 2003 | 41,440 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 47,149 ha | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 40,869 ha | -13.3% |
| 2006 | 27,369 ha | -33.0% |
| 2007 | 29,944 ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 25,276 ha | -15.6% |
| 2009 | 27,865 ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 24,518 ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 21,702 ha | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 18,151 ha | -16.4% |
| 2013 | 20,400 ha | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 17,306 ha | -15.2% |
| 2015 | 13,360 ha | -22.8% |
| 2016 | 9,963 ha | -25.4% |
| 2017 | 7,721 ha | -22.5% |
| 2018 | 5,810 ha | -24.8% |
| 2019 | 3,540 ha | -39.1% |
| 2020 | 3,190 ha | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 3,780 ha | +18.5% |
| 2022 | 2,420 ha | -36.0% |
| 2023 | 2,390 ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 2,020 ha | -15.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 115,849 ha | 96,012 ha | 131,144 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 119,747 ha | 114,950 ha | 127,013 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 98,429 ha | 72,712 ha | 108,066 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,846 ha | 14,254 ha | 53,413 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,329 ha | 25,276 ha | 47,149 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,247 ha | 3,540 ha | 24,518 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,760 ha | 2,020 ha | 3,780 ha | 5 |
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- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Bulgaria?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in Bulgaria was 2,020 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 131,144 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,020 ha in 2024.
- How does Bulgaria rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- Bulgaria ranks 55th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.3%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.