Rye — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Rye — Yield was 2,102 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 2,102 kg/ha for rye — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.9% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 2,212 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 821.1 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Bulgaria 43rd out of 65 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.
Rye — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 984.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 821.1 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1963 | 981 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1964 | 1,106 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1965 | 1,115 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 1,354 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1967 | 1,218 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 1,003 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1969 | 1,172 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1970 | 1,261 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 1,258 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,286 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 1,255 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 1,410 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1975 | 1,099 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1976 | 1,205 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1977 | 1,185 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 1,447 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1979 | 1,510 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 1,413 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1981 | 1,270 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 1,455 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 1,232 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1984 | 1,456 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1985 | 1,516 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 1,732 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 1,682 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 1,942 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1989 | 2,088 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 2,012 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1991 | 1,820 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1992 | 1,663 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 1,313 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1994 | 1,539 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1995 | 1,371 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 1,044 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1997 | 1,479 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1998 | 1,442 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 2,158 kg/ha | +49.6% |
| 2000 | 1,073 kg/ha | -50.3% |
| 2001 | 2,000 kg/ha | +86.4% |
| 2002 | 1,398 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 2003 | 1,210 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2004 | 1,992 kg/ha | +64.7% |
| 2005 | 1,550 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2006 | 1,715 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 1,678 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 1,994 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2009 | 1,895 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 1,622 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 1,927 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2012 | 1,742 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 1,886 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 1,954 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 1,778 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 2,032 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2017 | 2,101 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 1,692 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 1,997 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 1,871 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 2,212 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2022 | 2,077 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 1,914 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2024 | 2,102 kg/ha | +9.9% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 2,102 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,381 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 2,102 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,150 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,084 kg/ha | 821.1 kg/ha | 1,354 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,291 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 1,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,579 kg/ha | 1,232 kg/ha | 2,088 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,584 kg/ha | 1,044 kg/ha | 2,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,651 kg/ha | 1,073 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,873 kg/ha | 1,622 kg/ha | 2,101 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,035 kg/ha | 1,871 kg/ha | 2,212 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 40 Belarus 2,353 kg/ha compare
- 41 Spain 2,298 kg/ha compare
- 42 Serbia and Montenegro 2,199 kg/ha compare
- 44 Russian Federation 2,069 kg/ha compare
- 45 Yugoslav SFR 2,027 kg/ha compare
- 46 Egypt 1,998 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 rye — yield in Bulgaria?
- Rye — yield in Bulgaria was 2,102 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,212 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 821.1 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Bulgaria rank for rye — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 43rd out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. 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 Rye — 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.