Land use hidden — Forest in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Land use hidden — Forest was 39,320 Square kilometres in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
39,320 Square kilometres
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
71st
of 199 countries
All-time high
39,320 Square kilometres
in 2023
All-time low
33,270 Square kilometres
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Land use hidden — Forest in Bulgaria, 1990–2023

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k1990200620231990: 33.3k Square kilometres1991: 33.3k Square kilometres1992: 33.4k Square kilometres1993: 33.4k Square kilometres1994: 33.5k Square kilometres1995: 33.5k Square kilometres1996: 33.6k Square kilometres1997: 33.6k Square kilometres1998: 33.7k Square kilometres1999: 33.7k Square kilometres2000: 33.8k Square kilometres2001: 34.1k Square kilometres2002: 34.5k Square kilometres2003: 34.8k Square kilometres2004: 35.2k Square kilometres2005: 35.6k Square kilometres2006: 35.9k Square kilometres2007: 36.3k Square kilometres2008: 36.6k Square kilometres2009: 37.0k Square kilometres2010: 37.4k Square kilometres2011: 37.6k Square kilometres2012: 37.8k Square kilometres2013: 37.9k Square kilometres2014: 38.1k Square kilometres2015: 38.3k Square kilometres2016: 38.4k Square kilometres2017: 38.5k Square kilometres2018: 38.7k Square kilometres2019: 38.8k Square kilometres2020: 38.9k Square kilometres2021: 39.1k Square kilometres2022: 39.2k Square kilometres2023: 39.3k Square kilometres

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.

Analysis

Bulgaria recorded 39,320 Square kilometres for land use hidden — forest in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, land use hidden — forest in Bulgaria peaked at 39,320 Square kilometres in 2023 and was at its lowest, 33,270 Square kilometres, in 1990.

Bulgaria ranks 71st of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 33,486 Square kilometres 33,270 Square kilometres 33,702 Square kilometres 10
2000s 35,379 Square kilometres 33,750 Square kilometres 37,008 Square kilometres 10
2010s 38,152 Square kilometres 37,370 Square kilometres 38,800 Square kilometres 10
2020s 39,125 Square kilometres 38,930 Square kilometres 39,320 Square kilometres 4

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 68 Panama 41,796 Square kilometres compare
  2. 69 Turkmenistan 41,270 Square kilometres compare
  3. 70 Chad 39,804 Square kilometres compare
  4. 72 Greece 39,018 Square kilometres compare
  5. 73 Austria 38,983 Square kilometres compare
  6. 74 Uzbekistan 37,672 Square kilometres compare

See the full ranking of 227 places →

More environment data for Bulgaria

All data for Bulgaria →

Frequently asked questions

What is land use hidden — forest in Bulgaria?
Land use hidden — forest in Bulgaria was 39,320 Square kilometres in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest land use hidden — forest recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 39,320 Square kilometres in 2023.
What is the lowest land use hidden — forest recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 33,270 Square kilometres in 1990.
How does Bulgaria rank for land use hidden — forest?
Bulgaria ranks 71st out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
Is land use hidden — forest rising or falling in Bulgaria?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use hidden — Forest. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Land use hidden — Forest in Bulgaria. Statizoid, drawing on Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/land-use-hidden-forest/bulgaria/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/land-use-hidden-forest/bulgaria/">Land use hidden — Forest in Bulgaria</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Land use hidden — Forest
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
227 places, 7,590 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: June 3, 2024 Database documentation Countries metadata