Mustard seed — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Mustard seed — Yield was 238.5 kg/ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Mustard seed — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, mustard seed — yield in Bulgaria stood at 238.5 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 8.8% on the previous year and down 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mustard seed — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 1,200 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 153.8 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Bulgaria 31st out of 31 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Mustard seed — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 1,133 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 1,154 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 928.6 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1967 | 153.8 kg/ha | -83.4% |
| 1968 | 500 kg/ha | +225.1% |
| 1969 | 600 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 555.6 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 600 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 875 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1973 | 714.3 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1974 | 600 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1975 | 750 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1976 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 875 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 750 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1979 | 666.7 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1980 | 833.3 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 333.3 kg/ha | -60.0% |
| 1982 | 666.7 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1983 | 500 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1984 | 857.1 kg/ha | +71.4% |
| 1986 | 500 kg/ha | -41.7% |
| 1987 | 750 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1988 | 714.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 760 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 800 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 625 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1992 | 666.7 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 800 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 571.4 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1995 | 628.8 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 619.1 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 571.4 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 603.2 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 615.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 400 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 2001 | 666.7 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2002 | 600 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 547 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2004 | 541.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 800 kg/ha | +47.7% |
| 2006 | 359.4 kg/ha | -55.1% |
| 2007 | 333.3 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2008 | 416 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2009 | 399.5 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 333.3 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2011 | 352.4 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 285.7 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2013 | 277.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 297.3 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 280.1 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 261.5 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 238.5 kg/ha | -8.8% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 238.5 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 806.9 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 238.5 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 806.9 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mustard seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +225.1% | 153.8 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 874.39 kg/ha | 153.8 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 713.66 kg/ha | 555.6 kg/ha | 875 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 657.19 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1990s | 650.1 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 506.34 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 290.82 kg/ha | 238.5 kg/ha | 352.4 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 mustard seed — yield in Bulgaria?
- Mustard seed — yield in Bulgaria was 238.5 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mustard seed — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,200 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest mustard seed — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 153.8 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Bulgaria rank for mustard seed — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 31st out of 31 countries with data for 2017.
- Is mustard seed — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.4%. 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 Mustard seed — 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.