Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 4,836 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Bulgaria, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 4,836 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from modis in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Bulgaria peaked at 5,081 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 4,271 1000 ha, in 2001.
Bulgaria ranks 74th of 223 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.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4,271 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 4,661 1000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 4,418 1000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 4,565 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 4,847 1000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 4,874 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 4,816 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 4,763 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 4,856 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 4,979 1000 ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 4,921 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 4,831 1000 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 4,819 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 4,972 1000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 5,024 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 4,980 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 5,028 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 5,081 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 5,009 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 4,989 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 4,957 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 4,966 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 4,916 1000 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 4,836 1000 ha | -1.6% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 4,836 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 10.6× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 4,836 1000 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 1000 ha, 1.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,675 1000 ha | 4,271 1000 ha | 4,874 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4,964 1000 ha | 4,819 1000 ha | 5,081 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,933 1000 ha | 4,836 1000 ha | 4,989 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 tree-covered areas — area from modis in Bulgaria?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Bulgaria was 4,836 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 5,081 1000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,271 1000 ha in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Bulgaria ranks 74th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. 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 Tree-covered areas — 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.