Maize (corn) — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Maize (corn) — Yield was 3,250 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — yield in Bulgaria stood at 3,250 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 29.0% on the previous year and down 57.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 7,922 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,724 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Bulgaria 92nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,245 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,390 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 2,624 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1964 | 3,126 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1965 | 2,232 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1966 | 3,843 kg/ha | +72.2% |
| 1967 | 3,474 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1968 | 3,174 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1969 | 4,181 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1970 | 3,739 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1971 | 3,845 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 4,318 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1973 | 4,115 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1974 | 3,108 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1975 | 4,329 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1976 | 4,146 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 3,580 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1978 | 3,722 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 4,840 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1980 | 3,859 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1981 | 4,262 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1982 | 5,505 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1983 | 5,229 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 5,529 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1985 | 3,103 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 1986 | 4,960 kg/ha | +59.9% |
| 1987 | 3,737 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1988 | 3,180 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1989 | 4,022 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1990 | 2,877 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 1991 | 4,955 kg/ha | +72.2% |
| 1992 | 2,813 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1993 | 1,861 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 1994 | 2,806 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 1995 | 3,824 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1996 | 2,181 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1997 | 3,578 kg/ha | +64.1% |
| 1998 | 2,732 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1999 | 3,824 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 2000 | 1,724 kg/ha | -54.9% |
| 2001 | 2,471 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 2002 | 4,236 kg/ha | +71.4% |
| 2003 | 2,800 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 2004 | 5,540 kg/ha | +97.9% |
| 2005 | 5,308 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 4,533 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2007 | 4,572 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 4,155 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2009 | 4,707 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 6,251 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2011 | 5,531 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 3,680 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 2013 | 6,394 kg/ha | +73.8% |
| 2014 | 7,682 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2015 | 5,408 kg/ha | -29.6% |
| 2016 | 5,470 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 6,436 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2018 | 7,922 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2019 | 7,238 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 5,183 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2021 | 5,981 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2022 | 4,908 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2023 | 4,580 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 3,250 kg/ha | -29.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 3,250 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 3,250 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,224 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,032 kg/ha | 2,232 kg/ha | 4,181 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,974 kg/ha | 3,108 kg/ha | 4,840 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,338 kg/ha | 3,103 kg/ha | 5,529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,145 kg/ha | 1,861 kg/ha | 4,955 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,005 kg/ha | 1,724 kg/ha | 5,540 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,201 kg/ha | 3,680 kg/ha | 7,922 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,781 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha | 5,981 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 maize (corn) — yield in Bulgaria?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Bulgaria was 3,250 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 7,922 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,724 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Bulgaria rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 92nd out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.7%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.