Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield was 5,710 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Bulgaria stood at 5,710 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 8,250 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2,188 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Bulgaria 36th out of 57 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.
Broad beans and horse beans, green — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,964 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,498 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1963 | 4,301 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1964 | 3,484 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1965 | 2,489 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1966 | 2,474 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 2,378 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1968 | 2,188 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1969 | 2,322 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 4,680 kg/ha | +101.5% |
| 1971 | 2,612 kg/ha | -44.2% |
| 1972 | 3,142 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1973 | 3,195 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 2,987 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 2,863 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 2,926 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 2,841 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 2,617 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1979 | 3,105 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1980 | 2,954 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 3,815 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1982 | 4,348 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 3,944 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1984 | 4,082 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 4,348 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 4,773 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 4,740 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 4,376 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 3,719 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1990 | 4,476 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1991 | 4,818 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 4,286 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1993 | 4,054 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 2,326 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 1995 | 3,000 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1996 | 4,117 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1997 | 4,200 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 5,500 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1999 | 8,250 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2000 | 5,833 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2001 | 4,667 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 5,154 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2003 | 5,364 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 5,556 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 5,773 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 5,628 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 5,493 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 5,525 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 5,558 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 5,590 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 5,623 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 5,655 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 5,687 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 5,791 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 5,807 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 5,692 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 5,710 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 5,710 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,710 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 5,710 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5,353 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +101.5% | 2,322 kg/ha | 4,680 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,900 kg/ha | 2,188 kg/ha | 4,301 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,097 kg/ha | 2,612 kg/ha | 4,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,110 kg/ha | 2,954 kg/ha | 4,773 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,503 kg/ha | 2,326 kg/ha | 8,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,455 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 5,833 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,694 kg/ha | 5,590 kg/ha | 5,807 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 broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Bulgaria?
- Broad beans and horse beans, green — yield in Bulgaria was 5,710 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 8,250 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, green — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,188 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Bulgaria rank for broad beans and horse beans, green — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 36th out of 57 countries with data for 2017.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, green — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. 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 Broad beans and horse beans, green — 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.