Fruit Primary — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Fruit Primary — Yield was 6,983 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Bulgaria stood at 6,983 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 9,555 kg/ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 2,723 kg/ha, in 2005.
Bulgaria ranks 136th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,980 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,323 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1963 | 8,097 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1964 | 6,999 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1965 | 7,691 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1966 | 8,241 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 7,346 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1968 | 8,433 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1969 | 9,555 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 8,326 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1971 | 8,175 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 7,879 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 9,077 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1974 | 7,700 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1975 | 7,967 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 8,687 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 7,362 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1978 | 8,223 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1979 | 7,787 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 7,883 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 8,568 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 8,820 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 8,558 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 9,388 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1985 | 8,003 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1986 | 9,273 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1987 | 8,550 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 8,518 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 7,641 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1990 | 7,790 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 6,530 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1992 | 7,131 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 4,783 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1994 | 5,712 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1995 | 7,302 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1996 | 7,018 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 6,675 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 4,783 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1999 | 4,983 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 4,657 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 3,902 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2002 | 4,120 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 4,428 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 3,529 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2005 | 2,723 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2006 | 3,466 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2007 | 3,689 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2008 | 3,900 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 3,680 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 3,697 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 4,090 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 4,647 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2013 | 6,990 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 2014 | 5,474 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2015 | 6,990 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2016 | 6,530 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 7,128 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2018 | 7,458 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 7,358 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 6,932 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 7,593 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 7,044 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 6,612 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 6,983 kg/ha | +5.6% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 6,983 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,164 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 6,983 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,675 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,740 kg/ha | 5,980 kg/ha | 9,555 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,118 kg/ha | 7,362 kg/ha | 9,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,520 kg/ha | 7,641 kg/ha | 9,388 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,271 kg/ha | 4,783 kg/ha | 7,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,809 kg/ha | 2,723 kg/ha | 4,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,036 kg/ha | 3,697 kg/ha | 7,458 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,033 kg/ha | 6,612 kg/ha | 7,593 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 fruit primary — yield in Bulgaria?
- Fruit primary — yield in Bulgaria was 6,983 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 9,555 kg/ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,723 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Bulgaria rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 136th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fruit 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.