Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 46.19 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 46.19 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Bulgaria peaked at 56.14 % in 1978 and was at its lowest, 45.85 %, in 2014.
That places Bulgaria 76th out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52.41 % | 51.28 % | 54.43 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 54.99 % | 53.83 % | 56.14 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 55.79 % | 55.7 % | 55.88 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.79 % | 51.03 % | 56.07 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.37 % | 46.33 % | 50.46 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.39 % | 45.85 % | 47.19 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.3 % | 46.09 % | 46.49 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 73 Australia and New Zealand 46.94 % compare
- 74 Belgium-Luxembourg 46.34 % compare
- 75 Poland 46.21 % compare
- 77 Sao Tome and Principe 46.11 % compare
- 78 Guatemala 46.04 % compare
- 79 Czechia 45.81 % compare
More environment data for Bulgaria
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.573 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 200,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 409,949 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 42,467 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 11,362 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 157,473 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 112,591 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 300,048 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Bulgaria?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Bulgaria was 46.19 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 56.14 % in 1978.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 45.85 % in 2014.
- How does Bulgaria rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Bulgaria ranks 76th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.