Plums and sloes — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Plums and sloes — Yield was 6,347 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in Bulgaria stood at 6,347 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 25.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 14,406 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 3,029 kg/ha, in 2005.
Bulgaria ranks 47th of 88 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.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,406 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,128 kg/ha | -50.5% |
| 1963 | 12,273 kg/ha | +72.2% |
| 1964 | 6,578 kg/ha | -46.4% |
| 1965 | 7,894 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 12,490 kg/ha | +58.2% |
| 1967 | 6,918 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 1968 | 9,595 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1969 | 10,292 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 10,206 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 9,439 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 8,738 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 5,742 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1974 | 8,139 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1975 | 8,075 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 8,177 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 9,676 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1978 | 7,568 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1979 | 8,477 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1980 | 7,188 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1981 | 9,913 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 1982 | 6,152 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 1983 | 9,226 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1984 | 8,208 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1985 | 10,995 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1986 | 9,340 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1987 | 8,719 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 12,998 kg/ha | +49.1% |
| 1989 | 13,706 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 12,012 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1991 | 9,413 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1992 | 8,192 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 4,641 kg/ha | -43.4% |
| 1994 | 6,374 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1995 | 8,233 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1996 | 7,439 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 9,144 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1998 | 4,816 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 1999 | 5,266 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 5,028 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 4,575 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2002 | 3,041 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 2003 | 4,249 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 2004 | 4,483 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 3,029 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 2006 | 3,560 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2007 | 3,420 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 3,106 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2009 | 4,088 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2010 | 4,498 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 4,666 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 3,939 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2013 | 6,387 kg/ha | +62.1% |
| 2014 | 5,053 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2015 | 5,299 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 7,253 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 2017 | 7,218 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 7,667 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 7,006 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2020 | 7,004 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 7,017 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 6,027 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2023 | 6,235 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 6,347 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 6,347 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 6,347 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,048 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,731 kg/ha | 6,578 kg/ha | 14,406 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,424 kg/ha | 5,742 kg/ha | 10,206 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,645 kg/ha | 6,152 kg/ha | 13,706 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,553 kg/ha | 4,641 kg/ha | 12,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,858 kg/ha | 3,029 kg/ha | 5,028 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,899 kg/ha | 3,939 kg/ha | 7,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,526 kg/ha | 6,027 kg/ha | 7,017 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 plums and sloes — yield in Bulgaria?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Bulgaria was 6,347 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 14,406 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,029 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Bulgaria rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 47th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.6%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.