Bulgaria - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Bulgaria was 3,478,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,298,000 in 1997 and a minimum value of 3,085,000 in 2007.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 4,252,000
1962 4,154,000
1963 4,138,000
1964 4,180,000
1965 4,167,000
1966 4,166,000
1967 4,146,000
1968 4,154,000
1969 4,158,000
1970 4,142,000
1971 4,132,000
1972 4,128,000
1973 4,120,000
1974 4,098,000
1975 3,957,000
1976 3,940,000
1977 3,937,000
1978 3,926,000
1979 3,897,000
1980 3,827,000
1981 3,824,000
1982 3,818,000
1983 3,812,000
1984 3,807,000
1985 3,810,000
1986 3,819,000
1987 3,825,000
1988 3,840,000
1989 3,848,000
1990 3,856,000
1991 3,864,000
1992 4,047,000
1993 4,063,000
1994 4,001,000
1995 3,998,000
1996 4,203,000
1997 4,298,000
1998 3,536,000
1999 3,578,000
2000 3,526,000
2001 3,467,000
2002 3,355,000
2003 3,323,000
2004 3,313,000
2005 3,173,000
2006 3,132,000
2007 3,085,000
2008 3,088,000
2009 3,146,000
2010 3,186,000
2011 3,250,000
2012 3,317,000
2013 3,479,000
2014 3,486,000
2015 3,509,700
2016 3,496,000
2017 3,489,080
2018 3,478,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Bulgaria was 0.495 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.535 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.409 in 2007.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.535
1962 0.518
1963 0.512
1964 0.513
1965 0.508
1966 0.504
1967 0.499
1968 0.496
1969 0.493
1970 0.488
1971 0.484
1972 0.481
1973 0.478
1974 0.472
1975 0.454
1976 0.450
1977 0.447
1978 0.445
1979 0.442
1980 0.432
1981 0.430
1982 0.428
1983 0.426
1984 0.425
1985 0.425
1986 0.426
1987 0.426
1988 0.428
1989 0.433
1990 0.442
1991 0.448
1992 0.474
1993 0.480
1994 0.474
1995 0.476
1996 0.503
1997 0.517
1998 0.428
1999 0.436
2000 0.432
2001 0.433
2002 0.428
2003 0.427
2004 0.429
2005 0.414
2006 0.412
2007 0.409
2008 0.412
2009 0.423
2010 0.431
2011 0.442
2012 0.454
2013 0.479
2014 0.483
2015 0.489
2016 0.490
2017 0.493
2018 0.495

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Bulgaria was 32.04 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 38.85 in 1997, while its lowest value was 28.40 in 2007.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 38.43
1962 37.55
1963 37.40
1964 37.78
1965 37.67
1966 37.66
1967 37.48
1968 37.55
1969 37.58
1970 37.44
1971 37.35
1972 37.31
1973 37.24
1974 37.04
1975 35.77
1976 35.61
1977 35.59
1978 35.49
1979 35.23
1980 34.59
1981 34.57
1982 34.51
1983 34.46
1984 34.41
1985 34.44
1986 34.52
1987 34.57
1988 34.71
1989 34.78
1990 34.85
1991 34.93
1992 36.58
1993 36.73
1994 36.17
1995 36.14
1996 37.99
1997 38.85
1998 31.96
1999 32.34
2000 31.87
2001 31.34
2002 30.84
2003 30.55
2004 30.46
2005 29.21
2006 28.83
2007 28.40
2008 28.43
2009 28.98
2010 29.35
2011 29.94
2012 30.55
2013 32.05
2014 32.11
2015 32.33
2016 32.20
2017 32.14
2018 32.04

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use