Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield was 60,500 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Bulgaria is 60,500 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 52.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 126,515 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 10,180 kg/ha, in 1968.
Bulgaria ranks 34th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,817 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,072 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1963 | 22,331 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1964 | 17,876 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1965 | 12,886 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1966 | 13,261 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1967 | 12,458 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1968 | 10,180 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1969 | 10,913 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 11,868 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 13,466 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1972 | 15,508 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1973 | 16,876 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 30,820 kg/ha | +82.6% |
| 1975 | 33,792 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 36,233 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 35,346 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 21,164 kg/ha | -40.1% |
| 1979 | 36,108 kg/ha | +70.6% |
| 1980 | 26,358 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1981 | 31,647 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1982 | 33,866 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 35,344 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 35,658 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 32,685 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 28,824 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 32,264 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1988 | 33,440 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 27,967 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1990 | 31,923 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1991 | 27,363 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 30,168 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 22,908 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1994 | 20,564 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 19,249 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 15,366 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1997 | 15,994 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 16,856 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 16,487 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 13,827 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2001 | 15,626 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2002 | 14,644 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 21,482 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2004 | 27,977 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2005 | 57,591 kg/ha | +105.9% |
| 2006 | 62,035 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 67,274 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 64,653 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 89,027 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 2010 | 76,985 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2011 | 74,875 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 53,999 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 2013 | 70,489 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 2014 | 126,515 kg/ha | +79.5% |
| 2015 | 50,134 kg/ha | -60.4% |
| 2016 | 122,750 kg/ha | +144.8% |
| 2017 | 72,338 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 2018 | 55,485 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2019 | 35,595 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 2020 | 50,594 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 2021 | 54,222 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 73,620 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 2023 | 62,512 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2024 | 60,500 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 60,500 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 69,682 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 60,500 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 57,708 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cucumbers and gherkins — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +144.8% | 50,134 kg/ha | 122,750 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,977 kg/ha | 10,180 kg/ha | 24,072 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,118 kg/ha | 11,868 kg/ha | 36,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,805 kg/ha | 26,358 kg/ha | 35,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,688 kg/ha | 15,366 kg/ha | 31,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,414 kg/ha | 13,827 kg/ha | 89,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 73,917 kg/ha | 35,595 kg/ha | 126,515 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,290 kg/ha | 50,594 kg/ha | 73,620 kg/ha | 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 — yield in Bulgaria?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — yield in Bulgaria was 60,500 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 126,515 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,180 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Bulgaria rank for cucumbers and gherkins — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 34th out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.2%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.