Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area was 175.84 1000 ha in 2022. β² Rising
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area in Bulgaria, 1992β2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 175.84 1000 ha for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in 2022. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Bulgaria peaked at 175.84 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 105.24 1000 ha, in 1992.
Bulgaria ranks 47th of 219 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 113.87 1000 ha | 105.24 1000 ha | 126.31 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 139.29 1000 ha | 130.49 1000 ha | 149.37 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 165.12 1000 ha | 151.84 1000 ha | 172.91 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 174.44 1000 ha | 172.91 1000 ha | 175.84 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 44 New Zealand 212.86 1000 ha compare
- 45 Philippines 201.41 1000 ha compare
- 46 Austria 180.96 1000 ha compare
- 48 Morocco 173.78 1000 ha compare
- 49 Sudan 172.36 1000 ha compare
- 50 China, Taiwan Province of 168.21 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Bulgaria
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.573 Β°C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 Β°C (2025)
- Recovered paper β Production 200,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish β Production 409,949 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import value 42,467 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified β Import quantity 11,362 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export value 157,473 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Export quantity 112,591 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard β Import value 300,048 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Bulgaria?
- Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area in Bulgaria was 175.84 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 175.84 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 105.24 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Bulgaria rank for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area?
- Bulgaria ranks 47th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β area rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) β Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the UniversitΓ© catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.