Pears — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Pears — Yield was 5,309 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — yield in Bulgaria is 5,309 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 17.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 40,449 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2,689 kg/ha, in 2010.
Bulgaria ranks 73rd of 87 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,687 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,757 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1963 | 15,532 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1964 | 18,681 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1965 | 14,359 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1966 | 16,973 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1967 | 18,774 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 19,150 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 17,419 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1970 | 18,491 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 18,245 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 14,340 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1973 | 19,786 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1974 | 11,556 kg/ha | -41.6% |
| 1975 | 24,588 kg/ha | +112.8% |
| 1976 | 16,165 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1977 | 19,343 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1978 | 17,846 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 19,914 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1980 | 20,466 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 22,390 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 21,555 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1983 | 25,213 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1984 | 25,944 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 24,873 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 27,512 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1987 | 25,806 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 29,948 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1989 | 34,250 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1990 | 35,289 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 40,449 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1992 | 36,612 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 18,840 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 1994 | 24,680 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1995 | 23,500 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 26,863 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1997 | 26,322 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 22,461 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1999 | 21,424 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 23,425 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2001 | 3,281 kg/ha | -86.0% |
| 2002 | 4,079 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2003 | 2,891 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2004 | 5,342 kg/ha | +84.8% |
| 2005 | 3,658 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2006 | 3,763 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 3,093 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2008 | 3,652 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2009 | 4,451 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2010 | 2,689 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 2011 | 4,209 kg/ha | +56.5% |
| 2012 | 3,086 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2013 | 6,422 kg/ha | +108.1% |
| 2014 | 6,405 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 5,593 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 4,858 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 6,325 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2018 | 5,895 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 7,757 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2020 | 5,660 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 2021 | 5,527 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 5,345 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 5,340 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,309 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 5,309 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,875 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 5,309 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,037 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,481 kg/ha | 14,359 kg/ha | 19,757 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,027 kg/ha | 11,556 kg/ha | 24,588 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,796 kg/ha | 20,466 kg/ha | 34,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,644 kg/ha | 18,840 kg/ha | 40,449 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,764 kg/ha | 2,891 kg/ha | 23,425 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,324 kg/ha | 2,689 kg/ha | 7,757 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,436 kg/ha | 5,309 kg/ha | 5,660 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 pears — yield in Bulgaria?
- Pears — yield in Bulgaria was 5,309 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 40,449 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest pears — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,689 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Bulgaria rank for pears — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 73rd out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — 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.