Rice — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Rice — Yield was 5,419 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 5,419 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 6,079 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,378 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Bulgaria 32nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,449 kg/ha | 2,765 kg/ha | 4,162 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,771 kg/ha | 2,474 kg/ha | 4,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,074 kg/ha | 3,132 kg/ha | 4,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,339 kg/ha | 2,378 kg/ha | 4,940 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,669 kg/ha | 4,200 kg/ha | 5,226 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,380 kg/ha | 4,795 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,476 kg/ha | 4,823 kg/ha | 6,079 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 29 North Macedonia 5,964 kg/ha compare
- 30 Romania 5,692 kg/ha compare
- 31 Paraguay 5,639 kg/ha compare
- 33 France 5,338 kg/ha compare
- 34 Azerbaijan 5,313 kg/ha compare
- 35 Bangladesh 5,291 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bulgaria
- Agriculture share gdp 2.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 25.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.66 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Bulgaria?
- Rice — yield in Bulgaria was 5,419 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 6,079 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,378 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Bulgaria rank for rice — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 32nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. 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 Rice — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.