Cereals, primary — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Cereals, primary — Yield was 5,103 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Bulgaria is 5,103 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 5,950 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,747 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Bulgaria 44th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,747 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,822 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 1,859 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 2,137 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1965 | 2,297 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 2,931 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1967 | 2,951 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 2,439 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1969 | 2,822 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1970 | 3,124 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 3,184 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 3,702 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1973 | 3,493 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1974 | 3,184 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 3,430 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 3,742 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 3,381 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1978 | 3,498 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 3,792 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 3,705 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 4,062 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1982 | 4,670 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1983 | 3,717 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1984 | 4,498 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1985 | 2,915 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 1986 | 4,047 kg/ha | +38.8% |
| 1987 | 3,695 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1988 | 3,706 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 4,402 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1990 | 3,954 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1991 | 3,991 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 2,954 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1993 | 2,513 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1994 | 2,799 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1995 | 3,070 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 1,909 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 1997 | 3,012 kg/ha | +57.8% |
| 1998 | 2,685 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1999 | 2,947 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 2,460 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2001 | 2,898 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2002 | 3,156 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2003 | 2,371 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2004 | 4,078 kg/ha | +72.0% |
| 2005 | 3,387 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2006 | 3,572 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 2,524 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2008 | 4,094 kg/ha | +62.2% |
| 2009 | 3,413 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2010 | 4,031 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2011 | 4,251 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 3,672 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2013 | 4,561 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2014 | 4,861 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 4,670 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 4,818 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 5,480 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2018 | 5,562 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 5,775 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 4,373 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2021 | 5,950 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2022 | 5,151 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2023 | 5,224 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 5,103 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 5,103 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 5,103 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,851 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,334 kg/ha | 1,747 kg/ha | 2,951 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,453 kg/ha | 3,124 kg/ha | 3,792 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,942 kg/ha | 2,915 kg/ha | 4,670 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,983 kg/ha | 1,909 kg/ha | 3,991 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,195 kg/ha | 2,371 kg/ha | 4,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,768 kg/ha | 3,672 kg/ha | 5,775 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,160 kg/ha | 4,373 kg/ha | 5,950 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 cereals, primary — yield in Bulgaria?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Bulgaria was 5,103 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 5,950 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,747 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Bulgaria rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 44th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. 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 Cereals, primary — 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.