Beans, dry — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Beans, dry — Yield was 910.1 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, beans, dry — yield in Bulgaria stood at 910.1 kg/ha.
The figure is down 16.1% on the previous year and down 34.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 1,472 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 212.6 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Bulgaria 83rd out of 127 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 348.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 212.6 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1963 | 306.6 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1964 | 338.9 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 215.3 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 1966 | 517.5 kg/ha | +140.4% |
| 1967 | 513.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 473.7 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1969 | 800.8 kg/ha | +69.1% |
| 1970 | 642.3 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1971 | 622.3 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 458 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1973 | 689.5 kg/ha | +50.5% |
| 1974 | 487.9 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1975 | 754.1 kg/ha | +54.6% |
| 1976 | 627.8 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1977 | 869.7 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1978 | 1,352 kg/ha | +55.4% |
| 1979 | 1,094 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1980 | 780.3 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1981 | 1,035 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1982 | 1,117 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1983 | 1,127 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 855 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1985 | 813.6 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 1,048 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1987 | 739.3 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1988 | 683.7 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 1,091 kg/ha | +59.6% |
| 1990 | 578.2 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 1991 | 1,072 kg/ha | +85.4% |
| 1992 | 937.6 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1993 | 677.5 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1994 | 799.4 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1995 | 1,186 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 1996 | 469.4 kg/ha | -60.4% |
| 1997 | 654.4 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1998 | 601.8 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 695.7 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2000 | 295.8 kg/ha | -57.5% |
| 2001 | 1,005 kg/ha | +239.8% |
| 2002 | 992 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 994.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,328 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 2005 | 1,177 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 1,317 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2007 | 1,394 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 1,169 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2009 | 1,003 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2010 | 1,472 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2011 | 1,060 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 2012 | 1,053 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,088 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1,084 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 984.3 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 1,085 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 910.1 kg/ha | -16.1% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 910.1 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,764 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 910.1 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,908 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Yield in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +239.8% | 295.8 kg/ha | 1,005 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 414.16 kg/ha | 212.6 kg/ha | 800.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 759.74 kg/ha | 458 kg/ha | 1,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 929.04 kg/ha | 683.7 kg/ha | 1,127 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 767.18 kg/ha | 469.4 kg/ha | 1,186 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,068 kg/ha | 295.8 kg/ha | 1,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,092 kg/ha | 910.1 kg/ha | 1,472 kg/ha | 8 |
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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 beans, dry — yield in Bulgaria?
- Beans, dry — yield in Bulgaria was 910.1 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,472 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 212.6 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Bulgaria rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 83rd out of 127 countries with data for 2017.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. 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 Beans, dry — 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.