Potato yields in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Potato yields was 16.83 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potato yields in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 16.83 tonnes per hectare for potato yields in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potato yields in Bulgaria peaked at 21.25 tonnes per hectare in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7.53 tonnes per hectare, in 2000.
Bulgaria ranks 101st of 158 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.73 tonnes per hectare | 7.78 tonnes per hectare | 12.35 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.76 tonnes per hectare | 10.59 tonnes per hectare | 14.06 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.8 tonnes per hectare | 8.6 tonnes per hectare | 13.76 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.4 tonnes per hectare | 8.06 tonnes per hectare | 11.83 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.34 tonnes per hectare | 7.53 tonnes per hectare | 18.69 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.8 tonnes per hectare | 10.15 tonnes per hectare | 21.25 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.98 tonnes per hectare | 16.83 tonnes per hectare | 19.33 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 98 Montenegro 17.34 tonnes per hectare compare
- 99 Vietnam 17.11 tonnes per hectare compare
- 100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.96 tonnes per hectare compare
- 102 Nepal 16.65 tonnes per hectare compare
- 103 North Macedonia 16.62 tonnes per hectare compare
- 104 Ecuador 16.16 tonnes per hectare compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bulgaria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 1.66 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 25.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 1.98 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potato yields in Bulgaria?
- Potato yields in Bulgaria was 16.83 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest potato yields recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 21.25 tonnes per hectare in 2019.
- What is the lowest potato yields recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.53 tonnes per hectare in 2000.
- How does Bulgaria rank for potato yields?
- Bulgaria ranks 101st out of 158 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potato yields rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. 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 (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Potato yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.