Apples — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Apples — Yield was 10,433 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 10,433 kg/ha for apples — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 21,496 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 4,326 kg/ha, in 2001.
Bulgaria ranks 60th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,853 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,351 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1963 | 12,588 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1964 | 14,996 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1965 | 11,528 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1966 | 12,427 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 14,254 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1968 | 14,038 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 15,285 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1970 | 11,994 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1971 | 11,791 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 11,828 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 12,712 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 8,714 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1975 | 12,378 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 1976 | 14,545 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1977 | 10,794 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1978 | 12,254 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1979 | 10,555 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1980 | 14,381 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1981 | 16,085 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 15,719 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 17,298 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 19,650 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1985 | 12,840 kg/ha | -34.7% |
| 1986 | 21,496 kg/ha | +67.4% |
| 1987 | 14,161 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 1988 | 14,634 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 20,587 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 1990 | 19,142 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 7,048 kg/ha | -63.2% |
| 1992 | 11,142 kg/ha | +58.1% |
| 1993 | 5,722 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 1994 | 4,699 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1995 | 10,099 kg/ha | +114.9% |
| 1996 | 14,592 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 1997 | 11,855 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1998 | 8,755 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1999 | 6,380 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2000 | 6,868 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 4,326 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 2002 | 4,420 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 8,145 kg/ha | +84.3% |
| 2004 | 8,717 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 8,356 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 8,838 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 7,425 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2008 | 7,243 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 8,206 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 8,313 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 8,264 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 6,696 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 2013 | 11,430 kg/ha | +70.7% |
| 2014 | 13,794 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2015 | 12,260 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 10,887 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 11,308 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 12,638 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 10,536 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2020 | 10,638 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 11,648 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 12,473 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 9,812 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2024 | 10,433 kg/ha | +6.3% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 10,433 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 10,433 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,924 kg/ha | 11,528 kg/ha | 16,351 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,757 kg/ha | 8,714 kg/ha | 14,545 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,685 kg/ha | 12,840 kg/ha | 21,496 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,943 kg/ha | 4,699 kg/ha | 19,142 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,254 kg/ha | 4,326 kg/ha | 8,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,613 kg/ha | 6,696 kg/ha | 13,794 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,001 kg/ha | 9,812 kg/ha | 12,473 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 57 Azerbaijan 11,472 kg/ha compare
- 58 Turkmenistan 10,703 kg/ha compare
- 59 Russian Federation 10,608 kg/ha compare
- 61 Afghanistan 10,342 kg/ha compare
- 62 Belarus 10,040 kg/ha compare
- 63 Réunion 10,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bulgaria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 21.46 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0247 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 503.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2583 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Bulgaria?
- Apples — yield in Bulgaria was 10,433 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 21,496 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,326 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for apples — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 60th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.