Poppy seed — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Poppy seed — Yield was 696.9 kg/ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Poppy seed — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poppy seed — yield in Bulgaria is 696.9 kg/ha, measured in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poppy seed — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 1,273 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 126.9 kg/ha, in 1968.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poppy seed — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 360.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 210.9 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1963 | 188.9 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 414.5 kg/ha | +119.4% |
| 1965 | 406.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 266.5 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1967 | 302.9 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1968 | 126.9 kg/ha | -58.1% |
| 1969 | 236.8 kg/ha | +86.6% |
| 1970 | 519.1 kg/ha | +119.2% |
| 1971 | 434 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1972 | 623 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 1973 | 283.7 kg/ha | -54.5% |
| 1974 | 511.8 kg/ha | +80.4% |
| 1975 | 1,245 kg/ha | +143.3% |
| 1976 | 185.8 kg/ha | -85.1% |
| 1977 | 302.3 kg/ha | +62.7% |
| 1978 | 1,273 kg/ha | +321.0% |
| 1979 | 252.4 kg/ha | -80.2% |
| 2007 | 625 kg/ha | +147.6% |
| 2008 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 600 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 769.2 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2011 | 625 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2012 | 617.3 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 644.2 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 625 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 665.9 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 720 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 696.9 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 696.9 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 696.9 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 622.8 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poppy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +321.0% | 302.3 kg/ha | 1,273 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 279.43 kg/ha | 126.9 kg/ha | 414.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 563.02 kg/ha | 185.8 kg/ha | 1,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 616.67 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2010s | 670.44 kg/ha | 617.3 kg/ha | 769.2 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 6 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 792.8 kg/ha compare
- 7 Serbia and Montenegro 764.7 kg/ha compare
- 8 Hungary 747.7 kg/ha compare
- 10 Yugoslav SFR 695.8 kg/ha compare
- 11 Czechoslovakia 655 kg/ha compare
- 12 Slovakia 622.8 kg/ha compare
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 poppy seed — yield in Bulgaria?
- Poppy seed — yield in Bulgaria was 696.9 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest poppy seed — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,273 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest poppy seed — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 126.9 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Bulgaria rank for poppy seed — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 9th out of 18 countries with data for 2017.
- Is poppy seed — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. 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 Poppy 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.