Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita was 0.0021 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.0021 Square kilometres per person
Change on year
down 2.1%
World rank
74th
of 167 countries
All-time high
0.0025 Square kilometres per person
in 2005
All-time low
0.0013 Square kilometres per person
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Bulgaria, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Bulgaria is 0.0021 Square kilometres per person, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Bulgaria peaked at 0.0025 Square kilometres per person in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.0013 Square kilometres per person, in 1961.
That places Bulgaria 74th out of 167 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0013 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0014 Square kilometres per person | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 0.0014 Square kilometres per person | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0015 Square kilometres per person | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 0.0015 Square kilometres per person | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 0.0015 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0016 Square kilometres per person | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0016 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0018 Square kilometres per person | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0018 Square kilometres per person | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0018 Square kilometres per person | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | +15.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0025 Square kilometres per person | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0025 Square kilometres per person | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0024 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0024 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0019 Square kilometres per person | -14.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0019 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.002 Square kilometres per person | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.0021 Square kilometres per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.001 Square kilometres per person, 2.2× the median. (60 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.0021 Square kilometres per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.002 Square kilometres per person, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0015 Square kilometres per person | 0.0013 Square kilometres per person | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0019 Square kilometres per person | 0.0017 Square kilometres per person | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | 0.0025 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | 0.0019 Square kilometres per person | 0.0023 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | 0.0021 Square kilometres per person | 0.0022 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 71 Costa Rica 0.0022 Square kilometres per person compare
- 72 Liberia 0.0022 Square kilometres per person compare
- 73 Andorra 0.0022 Square kilometres per person compare
- 75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0021 Square kilometres per person compare
- 76 Romania 0.002 Square kilometres per person compare
- 77 Spain 0.002 Square kilometres per person compare
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 land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Bulgaria?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Bulgaria was 0.0021 Square kilometres per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0025 Square kilometres per person in 2005.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0013 Square kilometres per person in 1961.
- How does Bulgaria rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita?
- Bulgaria ranks 74th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.