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 30th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,514 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,305 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 3,613 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 2,765 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1965 | 3,108 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 3,959 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1967 | 4,162 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 2,876 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1969 | 3,743 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1970 | 3,855 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 3,940 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 4,061 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 3,810 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1974 | 3,452 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1975 | 4,027 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 2,474 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 1977 | 3,942 kg/ha | +59.3% |
| 1978 | 3,678 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1979 | 4,471 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1980 | 4,071 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1981 | 4,474 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 4,554 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 4,762 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 3,820 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1985 | 4,246 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 4,706 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1987 | 3,748 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1988 | 3,227 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1989 | 3,132 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 2,378 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1991 | 2,540 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 3,204 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1993 | 3,476 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 3,720 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1995 | 3,612 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 3,389 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 2,987 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1998 | 3,147 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 4,940 kg/ha | +57.0% |
| 2000 | 4,700 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 4,800 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 4,310 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 4,200 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 4,960 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2005 | 4,480 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 4,408 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 4,645 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 4,962 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 5,226 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 4,795 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 5,056 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 5,560 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 5,494 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 4,904 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 5,454 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2016 | 5,403 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 5,609 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 5,520 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 6,000 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 5,329 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2021 | 4,823 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 6,079 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2023 | 5,729 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 5,419 kg/ha | -5.4% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 5,419 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,950 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 5,419 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5,419 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
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
- 27 North Macedonia 5,964 kg/ha compare
- 28 Romania 5,692 kg/ha compare
- 29 Paraguay 5,639 kg/ha compare
- 31 France 5,338 kg/ha compare
- 32 Azerbaijan 5,313 kg/ha compare
- 33 Bangladesh 5,291 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 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 30th out of 114 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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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.