Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Cucumbers and gherkins — Production was 54,450 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — production in Bulgaria is 54,450 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — production in Bulgaria peaked at 193,276 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 30,360 t, in 1961.
Bulgaria ranks 54th of 134 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Production in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,360 t | — |
| 1962 | 38,154 t | +25.7% |
| 1963 | 47,610 t | +24.8% |
| 1964 | 41,473 t | -12.9% |
| 1965 | 43,902 t | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 59,342 t | +35.2% |
| 1967 | 53,085 t | -10.5% |
| 1968 | 44,801 t | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 46,938 t | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 47,876 t | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 60,287 t | +25.9% |
| 1972 | 79,511 t | +31.9% |
| 1973 | 77,260 t | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 155,578 t | +101.4% |
| 1975 | 164,566 t | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 170,512 t | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 188,993 t | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 103,703 t | -45.1% |
| 1979 | 190,325 t | +83.5% |
| 1980 | 118,557 t | -37.7% |
| 1981 | 128,993 t | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 143,932 t | +11.6% |
| 1983 | 158,268 t | +10.0% |
| 1984 | 168,842 t | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 149,991 t | -11.2% |
| 1986 | 125,009 t | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 165,030 t | +32.0% |
| 1988 | 155,296 t | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 128,005 t | -17.6% |
| 1990 | 149,274 t | +16.6% |
| 1991 | 151,534 t | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 119,494 t | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 104,001 t | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 98,586 t | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 157,803 t | +60.1% |
| 1996 | 118,255 t | -25.1% |
| 1997 | 134,353 t | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 193,276 t | +43.9% |
| 1999 | 170,660 t | -11.7% |
| 2000 | 131,287 t | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 62,504 t | -52.4% |
| 2002 | 73,527 t | +17.6% |
| 2003 | 85,305 t | +16.0% |
| 2004 | 86,560 t | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 44,748 t | -48.3% |
| 2006 | 61,477 t | +37.4% |
| 2007 | 57,183 t | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 62,618 t | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 77,988 t | +24.5% |
| 2010 | 65,668 t | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 58,852 t | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 37,961 t | -35.5% |
| 2013 | 53,008 t | +39.6% |
| 2014 | 53,263 t | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 50,335 t | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 66,653 t | +32.4% |
| 2017 | 54,398 t | -18.4% |
| 2018 | 74,350 t | +36.7% |
| 2019 | 72,970 t | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 53,630 t | -26.5% |
| 2021 | 53,680 t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 52,270 t | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 52,510 t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 54,450 t | +3.7% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 54,450 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 15,183 t, 3.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 54,450 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 37,153 t, 1.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,074 t | 30,360 t | 59,342 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 123,861 t | 47,876 t | 190,325 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 144,192 t | 118,557 t | 168,842 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 139,724 t | 98,586 t | 193,276 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,320 t | 44,748 t | 131,287 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,746 t | 37,961 t | 74,350 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,308 t | 52,270 t | 54,450 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
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 cucumbers and gherkins — production in Bulgaria?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — production in Bulgaria was 54,450 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 193,276 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — production recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,360 t in 1961.
- How does Bulgaria rank for cucumbers and gherkins — production?
- Bulgaria ranks 54th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — production rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cucumbers and gherkins — Production. 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.