Forest area in Bulgaria

Forests covered 36.4% of the land area of Bulgaria in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bulgaria, 2024 36.4% % of land area
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 36.2%
European Union, 2023 40.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Bulgaria (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 34.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 92nd of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area 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.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period BulgariaEuropean Union
2024 36.4% –
2023 36.2% 40.1%
2022 36.1% 40.0%
2021 36.0% 40.0%
2020 35.9% 39.9%
2019 35.8% 39.9%
2018 35.7% 39.8%
2017 35.5% 39.8%
2016 35.4% 39.7%
2015 35.3% 39.7%
2014 35.1% 39.6%
2013 35.0% 39.5%
2012 34.8% 39.4%
2011 34.6% 39.4%
2010 34.4% 39.3%
2009 34.1% 39.2%
2008 33.7% 39.1%
2007 33.4% 38.9%
2006 33.1% 38.8%
2005 32.7% 38.7%
2004 32.4% 38.6%
2003 32.0% 38.4%
2002 31.7% 38.3%
2001 30.8% 38.2%
2000 30.5% 38.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 36.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 35.1%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Bulgaria has the 92nd 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.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 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)