Pulses, Total — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,396 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Bulgaria stood at 1,396 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 23.8% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 2,417 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 269.9 kg/ha, in 1962.
Bulgaria ranks 70th of 169 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.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 376 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 269.9 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1963 | 430.3 kg/ha | +59.4% |
| 1964 | 492.2 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1965 | 427.7 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1966 | 800.5 kg/ha | +87.2% |
| 1967 | 770.5 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1968 | 517.3 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1969 | 867.6 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 1970 | 822.8 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1971 | 732.9 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1972 | 561 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1973 | 762.4 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1974 | 589.2 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1975 | 767.8 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1976 | 697.9 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 885.5 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1978 | 1,374 kg/ha | +55.2% |
| 1979 | 1,034 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1980 | 876.2 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1981 | 1,037 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1982 | 1,143 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1983 | 809.6 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1984 | 976 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1985 | 864.4 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 988.3 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 981.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 953.9 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 1,177 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1990 | 937 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1991 | 948.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 1,191 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1993 | 824.8 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1994 | 885.5 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 1,211 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1996 | 620.9 kg/ha | -48.7% |
| 1997 | 783.9 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1998 | 726.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 892.8 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2000 | 459.9 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 2001 | 1,282 kg/ha | +178.8% |
| 2002 | 1,365 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 1,070 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2004 | 1,251 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2005 | 1,210 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,389 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2007 | 1,264 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 1,477 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2009 | 1,214 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2010 | 1,311 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 1,265 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 1,396 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 1,394 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,361 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 1,736 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2016 | 2,069 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2017 | 2,417 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2018 | 1,272 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 2019 | 1,895 kg/ha | +49.0% |
| 2020 | 1,689 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 1,666 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 1,767 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 1,831 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 1,396 kg/ha | -23.8% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 1,396 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,047 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 1,396 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,081 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +178.8% | 459.9 kg/ha | 1,282 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 550.22 kg/ha | 269.9 kg/ha | 867.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 822.77 kg/ha | 561 kg/ha | 1,374 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 980.78 kg/ha | 809.6 kg/ha | 1,177 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 902.26 kg/ha | 620.9 kg/ha | 1,211 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,198 kg/ha | 459.9 kg/ha | 1,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,612 kg/ha | 1,265 kg/ha | 2,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,670 kg/ha | 1,396 kg/ha | 1,831 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 pulses, total — yield in Bulgaria?
- Pulses, total — yield in Bulgaria was 1,396 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,417 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 269.9 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Bulgaria rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 70th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.