Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 46.79 1000 ha in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
46.79 1000 ha
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
79th
of 218 countries
All-time high
50.49 1000 ha
in 2001
All-time low
34.88 1000 ha
in 2003
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Bulgaria, 2001–2024

02040602001201220242001: 50.5 1000 ha2002: 39.1 1000 ha2003: 34.9 1000 ha2004: 37.3 1000 ha2005: 38.8 1000 ha2006: 39 1000 ha2007: 39.1 1000 ha2008: 40.6 1000 ha2009: 40 1000 ha2010: 41 1000 ha2011: 39.9 1000 ha2012: 38.5 1000 ha2013: 41.2 1000 ha2014: 43.9 1000 ha2015: 45.7 1000 ha2016: 46.9 1000 ha2017: 44.6 1000 ha2018: 44.8 1000 ha2019: 43.7 1000 ha2020: 43 1000 ha2021: 43.3 1000 ha2022: 42 1000 ha2023: 45.8 1000 ha2024: 46.8 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Bulgaria is 46.79 1000 ha, measured in 2024.

That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Bulgaria peaked at 50.49 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 34.88 1000 ha, in 2003.

Bulgaria ranks 79th of 218 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 39.92 1000 ha 34.88 1000 ha 50.49 1000 ha 9
2010s 43.02 1000 ha 38.45 1000 ha 46.94 1000 ha 10
2020s 44.16 1000 ha 41.95 1000 ha 46.79 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

  1. 76 Portugal 59.83 1000 ha compare
  2. 77 Malaysia 59.16 1000 ha compare
  3. 78 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 48.87 1000 ha compare
  4. 80 Nicaragua 44.74 1000 ha compare
  5. 81 Zimbabwe 43.87 1000 ha compare
  6. 82 Guinea 39.27 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 269 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Bulgaria?
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Bulgaria was 46.79 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Bulgaria?
The highest recorded value was 50.49 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Bulgaria?
The lowest recorded value was 34.88 1000 ha in 2003.
How does Bulgaria rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?
Bulgaria ranks 79th out of 218 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Bulgaria?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. 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 Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded β€” Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded β€” Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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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.