Barley — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Barley — Yield was 5,609 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Bulgaria is 5,609 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 41.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 5,609 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,753 kg/ha, in 1996.
Bulgaria ranks 13th of 104 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,007 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,980 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 1,799 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 2,134 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1965 | 2,357 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1966 | 2,558 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 2,547 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 2,007 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1969 | 2,199 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 2,893 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1971 | 2,887 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 3,202 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1973 | 2,985 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 3,429 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1975 | 2,957 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1976 | 3,400 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1977 | 2,799 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1978 | 3,146 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1979 | 3,286 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 3,230 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 3,682 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1982 | 4,081 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1983 | 3,244 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1984 | 4,056 kg/ha | +25.1% |
| 1985 | 3,073 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1986 | 3,602 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1987 | 3,698 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 3,803 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 4,366 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1990 | 3,854 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 3,916 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 3,054 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1993 | 2,579 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1994 | 2,934 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1995 | 2,960 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 1,753 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1997 | 2,780 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 1998 | 2,473 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1999 | 2,567 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 2,677 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2001 | 3,186 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2002 | 3,116 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 1,940 kg/ha | -37.7% |
| 2004 | 3,590 kg/ha | +85.1% |
| 2005 | 2,487 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2006 | 2,942 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2007 | 2,246 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2008 | 3,943 kg/ha | +75.5% |
| 2009 | 3,322 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2010 | 3,397 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 3,950 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2012 | 3,458 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 3,691 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 3,970 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2015 | 3,966 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 4,316 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 4,637 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 4,332 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 5,027 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2020 | 4,331 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 5,574 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2022 | 5,102 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 5,316 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 5,609 kg/ha | +5.5% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 5,609 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 5,609 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,176 kg/ha | 1,799 kg/ha | 2,558 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,098 kg/ha | 2,799 kg/ha | 3,429 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,683 kg/ha | 3,073 kg/ha | 4,366 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,887 kg/ha | 1,753 kg/ha | 3,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,945 kg/ha | 1,940 kg/ha | 3,943 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,074 kg/ha | 3,397 kg/ha | 5,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,186 kg/ha | 4,331 kg/ha | 5,609 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 665.1 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5,939 kg/ha compare
- 11 Saudi Arabia 5,736 kg/ha compare
- 12 Austria 5,731 kg/ha compare
- 14 Qatar 5,530 kg/ha compare
- 15 Denmark 5,497 kg/ha compare
- 16 Zimbabwe 5,465 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 barley — yield in Bulgaria?
- Barley — yield in Bulgaria was 5,609 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 5,609 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,753 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Bulgaria rank for barley — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 13th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.