Deforestation statistics for Bulgaria

Tree cover loss data for Bulgaria

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% tree cover loss since 2000	Avg tree cover loss/year (ha)	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
10	11200370	4478684	40.00%	4270595	38.10%	4213277	37.60%	121687	2.70%	6760	6437	7165
15	11200370	4394077	39.20%	4139029	37.00%	4082005	36.40%	121171	2.80%	6732	6415	7128
20	11200370	4340180	38.80%	4105551	36.70%	4048749	36.10%	120857	2.80%	6714	6406	7100
25	11200370	4264557	38.10%	4039529	36.10%	3983053	35.60%	120421	2.80%	6690	6395	7060
30	11200370	4155263	37.10%	3973109	35.50%	3917075	35.00%	119884	2.90%	6660	6385	7004
50	11200370	3873988	34.60%	3553353	31.70%	3499359	31.20%	116171	3.00%	6454	6218	6749
75	11200370	3211023	28.70%	2463916	22.00%	2417475	21.60%	102128	3.20%	5674	5569	5805

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Bulgaria

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Biomass loss 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg biomass loss/year (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year (Mt)
10	11200370	4478684	4270595	1006074801	16758093	931005	30723147	1706842
15	11200370	4394077	4139029	999025316	16730744	929486	30673076	1704060
20	11200370	4340180	4105551	994677600	16713327	928518	30641185	1702288
25	11200370	4264557	4039529	988683998	16689195	927178	30596923	1699829
30	11200370	4155263	3973109	979553637	16658440	925469	30540513	1696695
50	11200370	3873988	3553353	952673009	16408228	911568	30081740	1671208
75	11200370	3211023	2463916	840708161	14879605	826645	27279248	1515514

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Bulgaria

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% cover in 2018	Loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% loss since 2000	Avg loss/year since 2000 (ha)	Loss 2001-2010 (ha)	loss between 2000-2010	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Loss 2011-2018 (ha)	loss between 2011-2018	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
Blagoevgrad	662863	337726	322320	319485	48%	7425	2%	413	4590	1%	459	2835	1%	354
Burgas	781162	321649	354299	351180	45%	6111	2%	340	2992	1%	299	3119	1%	390
Dobrich	473500	51350	52953	52368	11%	1102	2%	61	517	1%	52	585	1%	73
Gabrovo	223328	143856	134226	132147	59%	4241	3%	236	2162	2%	216	2079	2%	260
Grad Sofiya	135583	50539	46877	46386	34%	954	2%	53	463	1%	46	491	1%	61
Haskovo	534416	155487	128127	125751	24%	8693	6%	483	6317	4%	632	2376	2%	297
Kardzhali	315422	144848	135666	132395	42%	3782	3%	210	511	0%	51	3271	2%	409
Kyustendil	317003	149527	134660	130277	41%	6140	4%	341	1757	1%	176	4383	3%	548
Lovech	425740	237755	220148	217415	51%	9391	4%	522	6658	3%	666	2733	1%	342
Montana	377989	107530	95018	94072	25%	1836	2%	102	890	1%	89	946	1%	118
Pazardzhik	434716	243367	238310	236814	54%	4679	2%	260	3183	1%	318	1496	1%	187
Pernik	243475	112514	103253	98513	40%	5565	5%	309	825	1%	83	4740	5%	593
Pleven	447315	38080	36298	35653	8%	2177	6%	121	1532	4%	153	645	2%	81
Plovdiv	635371	210079	199275	198151	31%	2831	1%	157	1707	1%	171	1124	1%	141
Razgrad	265935	60956	60764	59985	23%	2008	3%	112	1229	2%	123	779	1%	97
Ruse	273557	47585	44277	43460	16%	1451	3%	81	634	1%	63	817	2%	102
Shumen	362528	116675	113671	112750	31%	2817	2%	157	1896	2%	190	921	1%	115
Silistra	273281	60267	60676	59935	22%	1385	2%	77	644	1%	64	741	1%	93
Sliven	344533	146619	144585	143709	42%	2622	2%	146	1746	1%	175	876	1%	110
Smolyan	332602	255561	252722	248153	75%	7993	3%	444	3424	1%	342	4569	2%	571
Sofia	715763	403803	385220	381155	53%	8258	2%	459	4193	1%	419	4065	1%	508
Stara Zagora	507897	160363	152462	150807	30%	5601	3%	311	3946	2%	395	1655	1%	207
Targovishte	252824	80542	76332	75214	30%	3358	4%	187	2240	3%	224	1118	1%	140
Varna	370506	111613	112786	110882	30%	3276	3%	182	1372	1%	137	1904	2%	238
Veliko Tarnovo	468472	169191	156362	152845	33%	8221	5%	457	4704	3%	470	3517	2%	440
Vidin	308113	97694	88156	86328	28%	2766	3%	154	938	1%	94	1828	2%	229
Vratsa	376006	82755	74584	73682	20%	2213	3%	123	1311	2%	131	902	1%	113
Yambol	340470	57332	49082	47563	14%	2988	5%	166	1469	3%	147	1519	3%	190

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Bulgaria

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2011-18 (Mt)
Blagoevgrad	662863	337726	322320	78277786	1813389	100744	112607	85915
Burgas	781162	321649	354299	58746411	1211562	67309	59739	76772
Dobrich	473500	51350	52953	9697671	233910	12995	11576	14769
Gabrovo	223328	143856	134226	36277378	1297903	72106	66207	79479
Grad Sofiya	135583	50539	46877	13728080	263656	14648	11992	17967
Haskovo	534416	155487	128127	25016737	1568182	87121	111205	57016
Kardzhali	315422	144848	135666	26388691	780980	43388	10184	84893
Kyustendil	317003	149527	134660	36289568	1612072	89560	46419	143486
Lovech	425740	237755	220148	60071502	2648232	147124	188655	95210
Montana	377989	107530	95018	28145452	529825	29435	25847	33919
Pazardzhik	434716	243367	238310	63249064	1228592	68255	83406	49317
Pernik	243475	112514	103253	30023345	1668861	92715	24744	177678
Pleven	447315	38080	36298	7604352	526781	29266	39029	17062
Plovdiv	635371	210079	199275	52461545	718659	39926	42319	36934
Razgrad	265935	60956	60764	12946082	474102	26339	29576	22293
Ruse	273557	47585	44277	10136913	343792	19100	16352	22534
Shumen	362528	116675	113671	26216313	671377	37299	45936	26502
Silistra	273281	60267	60676	13202563	324984	18055	15865	20791
Sliven	344533	146619	144585	40959767	779067	43282	51211	33369
Smolyan	332602	255561	252722	67842986	2126611	118145	92070	150739
Sofia	715763	403803	385220	108828235	2431660	135092	120058	153886
Stara Zagora	507897	160363	152462	41719399	1499249	83292	104420	56882
Targovishte	252824	80542	76332	18604172	944464	52470	63262	38981
Varna	370506	111613	112786	20405137	654792	36377	27933	46933
Veliko Tarnovo	468472	169191	156362	39533504	2278353	126575	131100	120920
Vidin	308113	97694	88156	25392697	838455	46581	27770	70094
Vratsa	376006	82755	74584	19829697	592624	32924	36737	28157
Yambol	340470	57332	49082	7958590	478379	26577	24221	29521

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Bulgaria

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Avg biomass per ha (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2011-18 (Mt)
Blagoevgrad	662863	337726	322320	42696974	127	989124	54951	61422	46863
Burgas	781162	321649	354299	32043496	99	660845	36714	32585	41875
Dobrich	473500	51350	52953	5289641	103	127589	7088	6314	8056
Gabrovo	223328	143856	134226	19787661	138	707950	39331	36113	43352
Grad Sofiya	135583	50539	46877	7488044	148	143813	7990	6541	9800
Haskovo	534416	155487	128127	13645493	88	855363	47520	60657	31099
Kardzhali	315422	144848	135666	14393830	100	425986	23666	5555	46305
Kyustendil	317003	149527	134660	19794309	132	879306	48850	25319	78264
Lovech	425740	237755	220148	32766275	138	1444483	80249	102902	51933
Montana	377989	107530	95018	15352063	143	288995	16055	14098	18502
Pazardzhik	434716	243367	238310	34499489	142	670143	37230	45495	26900
Pernik	243475	112514	103253	16376371	145	910290	50572	13497	96915
Pleven	447315	38080	36298	4147826	109	287334	15963	21289	9306
Plovdiv	635371	210079	199275	28615388	136	391986	21777	23082	20145
Razgrad	265935	60956	60764	7061499	116	258600	14367	16132	12160
Ruse	273557	47585	44277	5529225	116	187520	10418	8919	12291
Shumen	362528	116675	113671	14299806	123	366210	20345	25056	14456
Silistra	273281	60267	60676	7201399	119	177264	9848	8654	11341
Sliven	344533	146619	144585	22341691	152	424944	23608	27934	18201
Smolyan	332602	255561	252722	37005266	145	1159979	64443	50221	82222
Sofia	715763	403803	385220	59360856	147	1326365	73687	65486	83938
Stara Zagora	507897	160363	152462	22756035	142	817774	45432	56956	31027
Targovishte	252824	80542	76332	10147732	126	515161	28620	34506	21262
Varna	370506	111613	112786	11130073	100	357164	19842	15237	25600
Veliko Tarnovo	468472	169191	156362	21563728	127	1242734	69041	71508	65957
Vidin	308113	97694	88156	13850561	142	457331	25407	15147	38233
Vratsa	376006	82755	74584	10816199	131	323248	17958	20038	15359
Yambol	340470	57332	49082	4341049	76	260939	14497	13212	16102

Archived forest data for Bulgaria | Forest data for Bulgaria

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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