Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 707.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Bulgaria stood at 707.4 kg/ha.
The figure is up 13.9% on the previous year and down 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 1,594 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 130.2 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Bulgaria 75th out of 94 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 395.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 890.7 kg/ha | +125.1% |
| 1963 | 766.3 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1964 | 940.5 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1965 | 828.1 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1966 | 1,387 kg/ha | +67.5% |
| 1967 | 1,096 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1968 | 724.5 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 1969 | 927.5 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1970 | 859.3 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 980 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1972 | 1,329 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1973 | 1,023 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1974 | 1,020 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 1,194 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1976 | 130.2 kg/ha | -89.1% |
| 1977 | 701 kg/ha | +438.4% |
| 1978 | 875.4 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1979 | 1,086 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1980 | 946.6 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1981 | 997.4 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 1,578 kg/ha | +58.2% |
| 1983 | 1,350 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1984 | 1,256 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 978.3 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1986 | 1,246 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1987 | 1,445 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1988 | 1,087 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1989 | 1,139 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 877 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1991 | 1,195 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1992 | 623.1 kg/ha | -47.8% |
| 1993 | 684.3 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 737.7 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 1,214 kg/ha | +64.6% |
| 1996 | 917.8 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1997 | 634 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1998 | 701 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 1,197 kg/ha | +70.8% |
| 2000 | 699.5 kg/ha | -41.6% |
| 2001 | 689.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 1,594 kg/ha | +131.1% |
| 2003 | 1,325 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2004 | 1,150 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 1,149 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,044 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2007 | 988.2 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2008 | 983 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 983.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,590 kg/ha | +61.6% |
| 2011 | 997.6 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 2012 | 675.6 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 2013 | 1,004 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 2014 | 1,136 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2015 | 717.6 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 2016 | 946.8 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 2017 | 912.2 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 755.5 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2019 | 895.4 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2020 | 763.1 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2021 | 621.1 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2024 | 707.4 kg/ha | +13.9% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 707.4 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,232 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 707.4 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,093 kg/ha, 34% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Seed cotton, unginned — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +438.4% | 130.2 kg/ha | 701 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 884 kg/ha | 395.7 kg/ha | 1,387 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 919.84 kg/ha | 130.2 kg/ha | 1,329 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,202 kg/ha | 946.6 kg/ha | 1,578 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 878.06 kg/ha | 623.1 kg/ha | 1,214 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,061 kg/ha | 689.7 kg/ha | 1,594 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 963.04 kg/ha | 675.6 kg/ha | 1,590 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 697.2 kg/ha | 621.1 kg/ha | 763.1 kg/ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 833.3 kg/ha compare
- 73 Costa Rica 785.1 kg/ha compare
- 74 Ethiopia PDR 757.5 kg/ha compare
- 76 Togo 676.8 kg/ha compare
- 77 Mozambique 615.9 kg/ha compare
- 78 Chad 588.2 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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Bulgaria?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Bulgaria was 707.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,594 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 130.2 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Bulgaria rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 75th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Seed cotton, unginned — 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.