Grassland — Area from MODIS in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Grassland — Area from MODIS was 1,895 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Bulgaria, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 1,895 1000 ha for grassland — area from modis in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from modis in Bulgaria peaked at 2,245 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,472 1000 ha, in 2017.
That places Bulgaria 84th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from MODIS in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 2,094 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,859 1000 ha | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 1,986 1000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 2,022 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 1,913 1000 ha | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 1,985 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 2,245 1000 ha | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 2,076 1000 ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 2,050 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 1,838 1000 ha | -10.3% |
| 2011 | 1,823 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1,769 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,817 1000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 1,659 1000 ha | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 1,729 1000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 1,536 1000 ha | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 1,472 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 1,492 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,587 1000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 1,672 1000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 1,736 1000 ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 1,791 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 1,815 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 1,895 1000 ha | +4.4% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 1,895 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294.06 1000 ha, 6.4× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 1,895 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,415 1000 ha, 1.3× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,026 1000 ha | 1,859 1000 ha | 2,245 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,672 1000 ha | 1,472 1000 ha | 1,838 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,782 1000 ha | 1,672 1000 ha | 1,895 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More environment data for Bulgaria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.573 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -6.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.7509 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from modis in Bulgaria?
- Grassland — area from modis in Bulgaria was 1,895 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from modis recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,245 1000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from modis recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,472 1000 ha in 2017.
- How does Bulgaria rank for grassland — area from modis?
- Bulgaria ranks 84th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is grassland — area from modis rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. 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 Grassland — Area from MODIS. 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 Université 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.