Potatoes — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Potatoes — Yield was 16,830 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 16,830 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 21,250 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,526 kg/ha, in 2000.
Bulgaria ranks 97th of 153 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.
Potatoes — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,747 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,344 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1963 | 9,624 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1964 | 12,186 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1965 | 7,783 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 1966 | 12,346 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 1967 | 11,416 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1968 | 11,896 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 12,201 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 12,141 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 14,057 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1972 | 12,897 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1973 | 12,091 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1974 | 10,980 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1975 | 10,593 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 12,066 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1977 | 11,318 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 10,613 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 10,876 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1980 | 8,598 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 11,051 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1982 | 11,626 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 10,456 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1984 | 10,572 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 11,027 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 12,436 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1987 | 8,643 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1988 | 9,785 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1989 | 13,762 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1990 | 10,499 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1991 | 11,702 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1992 | 11,826 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 9,081 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1994 | 10,507 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1995 | 11,662 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 8,062 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1997 | 10,454 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 1998 | 9,404 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 10,848 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2000 | 7,526 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2001 | 12,392 kg/ha | +64.7% |
| 2002 | 12,089 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 15,131 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2004 | 18,686 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2005 | 15,645 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2006 | 15,776 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 13,320 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2008 | 16,262 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2009 | 16,551 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 18,197 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 14,324 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 2012 | 10,152 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2013 | 14,612 kg/ha | +43.9% |
| 2014 | 13,005 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 14,963 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 15,184 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 17,790 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2018 | 18,560 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 21,250 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 19,330 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 17,949 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 18,800 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 16,986 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2024 | 16,830 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 16,830 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 16,830 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,727 kg/ha | 7,783 kg/ha | 12,346 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,763 kg/ha | 10,593 kg/ha | 14,057 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,796 kg/ha | 8,598 kg/ha | 13,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,404 kg/ha | 8,062 kg/ha | 11,826 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,338 kg/ha | 7,526 kg/ha | 18,686 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,804 kg/ha | 10,152 kg/ha | 21,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,979 kg/ha | 16,830 kg/ha | 19,330 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 94 Cuba 17,491 kg/ha compare
- 95 Montenegro 17,345 kg/ha compare
- 96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16,960 kg/ha compare
- 98 Sudan (former) 16,667 kg/ha compare
- 99 Nepal 16,651 kg/ha compare
- 100 North Macedonia 16,618 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 potatoes — yield in Bulgaria?
- Potatoes — yield in Bulgaria was 16,830 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 21,250 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,526 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Bulgaria rank for potatoes — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 97th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield 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, published as part of Potatoes — 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.