Bulgaria vs Romania: Rice yields
Bulgaria
5.42 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Romania
5.69 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
31st
Romania rank
29th
Rice yields over time
- Bulgaria
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports 5.69 tonnes per hectare against 5.42 tonnes per hectare in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.27 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 31st and Romania ranks 29th of 123 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.45 tonnes per hectare | 2.83 tonnes per hectare | 0.622 tonnes per hectare | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 3.77 tonnes per hectare | 2.35 tonnes per hectare | 1.42 tonnes per hectare | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 4.07 tonnes per hectare | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | 1.4 tonnes per hectare | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 3.34 tonnes per hectare | 2.65 tonnes per hectare | 0.6868 tonnes per hectare | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 4.67 tonnes per hectare | 3.29 tonnes per hectare | 1.38 tonnes per hectare | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 5.38 tonnes per hectare | 4.73 tonnes per hectare | 0.6527 tonnes per hectare | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 5.48 tonnes per hectare | 4.54 tonnes per hectare | 0.9404 tonnes per hectare | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Bulgaria or Romania?
- Romania, at 5.69 tonnes per hectare against 5.42 tonnes per hectare in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Bulgaria and Romania?
- 0.27 tonnes per hectare, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Romania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Romania rank globally for rice yields?
- Bulgaria ranks 31st and Romania ranks 29th of 123 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.