Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 335.7 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 335.7 kg/ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in 2017.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 662.9 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 222.8 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Bulgaria 104th out of 131 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 278.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 338.3 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1963 | 320.8 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 417.6 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1965 | 357.3 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1966 | 558.4 kg/ha | +56.3% |
| 1967 | 507.7 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1968 | 311.4 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1969 | 405.2 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1970 | 419.1 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 437.6 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 509.7 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1973 | 427.8 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1974 | 404.5 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 531.8 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1976 | 263.4 kg/ha | -50.5% |
| 1977 | 380 kg/ha | +44.3% |
| 1978 | 398.3 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 475.8 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1980 | 383.1 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1981 | 439.9 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 487.3 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1983 | 496.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 459.6 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 347.3 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1986 | 471.7 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 1987 | 471 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 398.5 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1989 | 422 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 407.8 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 424.4 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 268.6 kg/ha | -36.7% |
| 1993 | 239.8 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 258.4 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 415.4 kg/ha | +60.8% |
| 1996 | 320.6 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1997 | 222.8 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1998 | 250.9 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1999 | 427.7 kg/ha | +70.5% |
| 2000 | 257.6 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 2001 | 251.6 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 587.6 kg/ha | +133.5% |
| 2003 | 537.4 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2004 | 469.4 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2005 | 524.6 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2006 | 365.2 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 2007 | 438 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2008 | 426.6 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 640.7 kg/ha | +50.2% |
| 2010 | 662.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 521.2 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2012 | 414.2 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2013 | 662.9 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 2014 | 588.5 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2015 | 287.8 kg/ha | -51.1% |
| 2016 | 349.2 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2017 | 335.7 kg/ha | -3.9% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 335.7 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 335.7 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,049 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 388.36 kg/ha | 278.5 kg/ha | 558.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 424.8 kg/ha | 263.4 kg/ha | 531.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 437.68 kg/ha | 347.3 kg/ha | 496.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 323.64 kg/ha | 222.8 kg/ha | 427.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 449.87 kg/ha | 251.6 kg/ha | 640.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 477.77 kg/ha | 287.8 kg/ha | 662.9 kg/ha | 8 |
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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bulgaria?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Bulgaria was 335.7 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 662.9 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 222.8 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Bulgaria rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 104th out of 131 countries with data for 2017.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.