Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Bulgaria

Arable land in Bulgaria in 2023 — 3,486,550 ha. Ranked 64 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 18%.

2023 3.49M ha +0.53% vs 2022
World rank 64of 206
Period maximum 4.3M ha1997
Period minimum 3.09M ha2007

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Bulgaria, 1961–20233M3.5M4M4.5M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 4,252,000 ha1963: 4,138,000 ha1965: 4,167,000 ha1967: 4,146,000 ha1969: 4,158,000 ha1971: 4,132,000 ha1973: 4,120,000 ha1975: 3,957,000 ha1977: 3,937,000 ha1979: 3,897,000 ha1981: 3,824,000 ha1983: 3,812,000 ha1985: 3,810,000 ha1987: 3,825,000 ha1989: 3,848,000 ha1991: 3,864,000 ha1993: 4,063,000 ha1995: 3,998,000 ha1997: 4,298,000 ha1999: 3,578,000 ha2001: 3,467,000 ha2003: 3,323,000 ha2005: 3,173,000 ha2007: 3,085,000 ha2009: 3,146,000 ha2011: 3,250,000 ha2013: 3,479,000 ha2015: 3,509,700 ha2017: 3,489,080 ha2019: 3,476,000 ha2021: 3,500,000 ha2023: 3,486,550 ha
Change over the period: −765,450 (−18%) Average annual rate: -0.32 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 3.49M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Eastern Europe computed 193M ha
Arable land — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 3.49M +18,550 +0.53%
2022 3.47M −32,000 −0.91%
2021 3.5M +8,000 +0.23%
2020 3.49M +16,000 +0.46%
2019 3.48M −2,000 −0.06%
2018 3.48M −11,080 −0.32%
2017 3.49M −6,920 −0.2%
2016 3.5M −13,700 −0.39%
2015 3.51M +23,700 +0.68%
2014 3.49M +7,000 +0.2%
2013 3.48M +162,000 +4.88%
2012 3.32M +67,000 +2.06%
2011 3.25M +64,000 +2.01%
2010 3.19M +40,000 +1.27%
2009 3.15M +58,000 +1.88%
2008 3.09M +3,000 +0.1%
2007 3.09M −47,000 −1.5%
2006 3.13M −41,000 −1.29%
2005 3.17M −140,000 −4.23%
2004 3.31M −10,000 −0.3%
2003 3.32M −32,000 −0.95%
2002 3.36M −112,000 −3.23%
2001 3.47M −59,000 −1.67%
2000 3.53M −52,000 −1.45%
1999 3.58M +42,000 +1.19%
1998 3.54M −762,000 −17.73%
1997 4.3M +95,000 +2.26%
1996 4.2M +205,000 +5.13%
1995 4M −3,000 −0.07%
1994 4M −62,000 −1.53%
1993 4.06M +16,000 +0.4%
1992 4.05M +183,000 +4.74%
1991 3.86M +8,000 +0.21%
1990 3.86M +8,000 +0.21%
1989 3.85M +8,000 +0.21%
1988 3.84M +15,000 +0.39%
1987 3.83M +6,000 +0.16%
1986 3.82M +9,000 +0.24%
1985 3.81M +3,000 +0.08%
1984 3.81M −5,000 −0.13%
1983 3.81M −6,000 −0.16%
1982 3.82M −6,000 −0.16%
1981 3.82M −3,000 −0.08%
1980 3.83M −70,000 −1.8%
1979 3.9M −29,000 −0.74%
1978 3.93M −11,000 −0.28%
1977 3.94M −3,000 −0.08%
1976 3.94M −17,000 −0.43%
1975 3.96M −141,000 −3.44%
1974 4.1M −22,000 −0.53%
1973 4.12M −8,000 −0.19%
1972 4.13M −4,000 −0.1%
1971 4.13M −10,000 −0.24%
1970 4.14M −16,000 −0.38%
1969 4.16M +4,000 +0.1%
1968 4.15M +8,000 +0.19%
1967 4.15M −20,000 −0.48%
1966 4.17M −1,000 −0.02%
1965 4.17M −13,000 −0.31%
1964 4.18M +42,000 +1.01%
1963 4.14M −16,000 −0.39%
1962 4.15M −98,000 −2.3%
1961 4.25M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.