Agricultural land in Bulgaria

Agricultural land made up 46.2% of the land area of Bulgaria in 2024.

Measure: Agricultural land as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bulgaria, 2024 46.2% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 46.1%
European Union, 2023 40.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Bulgaria (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 44.4% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 72nd of 208 See the full ranking

Agricultural land in Bulgaria over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agricultural land as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period BulgariaEuropean Union
2024 46.2% –
2023 46.1% 40.3%
2022 46.3% 40.7%
2021 46.5% 40.8%
2020 46.5% 40.8%
2019 46.4% 41.4%
2018 46.3% 41.1%
2017 46.3% 41.2%
2016 46.3% 41.2%
2015 46.2% 41.4%
2014 45.8% 41.5%
2013 46.0% 41.9%
2012 47.2% 42.0%
2011 46.9% 42.3%
2010 46.5% 42.5%
2009 46.3% 42.9%
2008 47.0% 43.2%
2007 47.1% 43.0%
2006 47.8% 43.5%
2005 48.5% 43.9%
2004 49.0% 43.9%
2003 49.0% 44.2%
2002 48.9% 44.7%
2001 49.7% 45.3%
2000 50.5% 45.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 46.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 45.8%, the figure has changed by +0.3 percentage points.
  • Among the 208 countries with data for 2024, Bulgaria has the 72nd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.AGRI.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Bulgaria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)