Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 16,727 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Bulgaria is 16,727 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 52,570 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 6,667 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Bulgaria 56th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 26,611 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 24,514 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1965 | 22,662 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1966 | 30,481 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1967 | 26,878 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 21,179 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1969 | 25,058 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1970 | 21,954 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1971 | 19,052 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1972 | 24,992 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1973 | 17,325 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1974 | 17,974 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 13,688 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1976 | 15,276 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 15,603 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 18,005 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1979 | 16,236 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1980 | 11,590 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1981 | 11,149 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 24,576 kg/ha | +120.4% |
| 1983 | 20,346 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1984 | 17,764 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1985 | 18,545 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 21,651 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 14,172 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1988 | 19,253 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1989 | 16,959 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 14,202 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1991 | 11,577 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1992 | 11,429 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 10,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 9,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 8,333 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 7,857 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 8,750 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 8,111 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 8,222 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 6,667 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2001 | 16,416 kg/ha | +146.2% |
| 2002 | 17,186 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 15,903 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 19,289 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2005 | 22,890 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2006 | 12,454 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 2007 | 18,269 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2008 | 40,615 kg/ha | +122.3% |
| 2009 | 52,570 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2010 | 29,780 kg/ha | -43.4% |
| 2011 | 11,443 kg/ha | -61.6% |
| 2012 | 29,395 kg/ha | +156.9% |
| 2013 | 21,363 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2014 | 18,928 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 14,392 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2016 | 24,360 kg/ha | +69.3% |
| 2017 | 44,647 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 2018 | 22,250 kg/ha | -50.2% |
| 2019 | 17,696 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2020 | 17,357 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 17,533 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 21,105 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2023 | 17,454 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2024 | 16,727 kg/ha | -4.2% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 16,727 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 16,727 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +156.9% | 11,443 kg/ha | 29,395 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +146.2% | 6,667 kg/ha | 16,416 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +122.3% | 18,269 kg/ha | 40,615 kg/ha |
| 1982 | +120.4% | 11,149 kg/ha | 24,576 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,265 kg/ha | 21,179 kg/ha | 30,481 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,011 kg/ha | 13,688 kg/ha | 24,992 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,601 kg/ha | 11,149 kg/ha | 24,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,748 kg/ha | 7,857 kg/ha | 14,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,226 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 52,570 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,425 kg/ha | 11,443 kg/ha | 44,647 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,036 kg/ha | 16,727 kg/ha | 21,105 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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Bulgaria?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Bulgaria was 16,727 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 52,570 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,667 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Bulgaria rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 56th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.