Annual forest expansion in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Annual forest expansion was 12,600 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Bulgaria, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for annual forest expansion in Bulgaria is 12,600 hectares per year, measured in 2020.
That represents a change of down 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Bulgaria peaked at 36,200 hectares per year in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4,800 hectares per year, in 1990.
That places Bulgaria 26th out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,800 hectares per year | 4,800 hectares per year | 4,800 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 36,200 hectares per year | 36,200 hectares per year | 36,200 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 15,600 hectares per year | 12,000 hectares per year | 19,200 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 12,600 hectares per year | 12,600 hectares per year | 12,600 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Bulgaria
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 46.68 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 7.25 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 2.05 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2479 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.7282 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0131 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 7.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.022 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0476 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Bulgaria?
- Annual forest expansion in Bulgaria was 12,600 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual forest expansion recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 36,200 hectares per year in 2000.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,800 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Bulgaria rank for annual forest expansion?
- Bulgaria ranks 26th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.4%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).