Bees — Stocks in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Bees — Stocks was 817,000 No in 2023. ▼ Falling
Bees — Stocks in Bulgaria, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bees — stocks in Bulgaria is 817,000 No, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Bulgaria peaked at 863,000 No in 2020 and was at its lowest, 247,712 No, in 1995.
Bulgaria ranks 26th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 625,527 No | — |
| 1962 | 669,633 No | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 636,834 No | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 663,638 No | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 657,868 No | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 632,169 No | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 651,663 No | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 711,204 No | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 718,696 No | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 727,994 No | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 763,905 No | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 764,994 No | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 748,236 No | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 728,063 No | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 712,657 No | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 709,982 No | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 702,151 No | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 682,974 No | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 652,746 No | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 621,946 No | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 619,362 No | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 580,782 No | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 565,522 No | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 598,663 No | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 582,110 No | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 572,069 No | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 597,968 No | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 612,952 No | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 634,480 No | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 615,273 No | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 594,731 No | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 493,540 No | -17.0% |
| 1993 | 429,271 No | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 337,584 No | -21.4% |
| 1995 | 247,712 No | -26.6% |
| 1996 | 265,917 No | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 265,984 No | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 296,278 No | +11.4% |
| 1999 | 311,064 No | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 334,865 No | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 349,452 No | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 334,000 No | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 310,928 No | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 409,656 No | +31.8% |
| 2005 | 450,000 No | +9.8% |
| 2006 | 671,674 No | +49.3% |
| 2007 | 718,822 No | +7.0% |
| 2008 | 652,586 No | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 624,965 No | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 613,262 No | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 547,676 No | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 529,117 No | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 541,564 No | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 577,303 No | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 588,379 No | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 747,434 No | +27.0% |
| 2017 | 754,105 No | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 765,772 No | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 783,348 No | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 863,000 No | +10.2% |
| 2021 | 838,000 No | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 823,000 No | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 817,000 No | -0.7% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 817,000 No is above the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 2.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 817,000 No is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 342,000 No, 2.4× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +49.3% | 450,000 No | 671,674 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 663,026 No | 625,527 No | 718,696 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 719,370 No | 652,746 No | 764,994 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 598,585 No | 565,522 No | 634,480 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 385,735 No | 247,712 No | 615,273 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 485,695 No | 310,928 No | 718,822 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 644,796 No | 529,117 No | 783,348 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 835,250 No | 817,000 No | 863,000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 23 Australia and New Zealand 1.03 million No compare
- 24 Germany 1.01 million No compare
- 24 Caribbean 435,854 No compare
- 25 Czechoslovakia 903,600 No compare
- 27 Canada 745,945 No compare
- 28 Uzbekistan 742,489 No compare
- 29 Egypt 714,869 No 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 bees — stocks in Bulgaria?
- Bees — stocks in Bulgaria was 817,000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 863,000 No in 2020.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 247,712 No in 1995.
- How does Bulgaria rank for bees — stocks?
- Bulgaria ranks 26th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. 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 Bees — Stocks. 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.