Sesame seed — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Sesame seed — Yield was 32 kg/ha in 1979. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–1979
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in Bulgaria is 32 kg/ha, measured in 1979.
The figure is down 10.1% on the previous year and down 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 221.3 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 10.7 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Bulgaria 72nd out of 72 countries with data for 1979, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 97.4 kg/ha | +78.1% |
| 1963 | 120.8 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1964 | 134.7 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1965 | 111.4 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1966 | 152.3 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1967 | 221.3 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 1968 | 136.2 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 1969 | 85.4 kg/ha | -37.3% |
| 1970 | 130.2 kg/ha | +52.5% |
| 1971 | 51.8 kg/ha | -60.2% |
| 1972 | 89 kg/ha | +71.8% |
| 1973 | 86.2 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 115.7 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1975 | 65.7 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1976 | 10.7 kg/ha | -83.7% |
| 1977 | 16.3 kg/ha | +52.3% |
| 1978 | 35.6 kg/ha | +118.4% |
| 1979 | 32 kg/ha | -10.1% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 32 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 905.6 kg/ha, 4% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 32 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,016 kg/ha, 3% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 123.8 kg/ha | 54.7 kg/ha | 221.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 63.32 kg/ha | 10.7 kg/ha | 130.2 kg/ha | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 69 Guinea 238 kg/ha compare
- 70 Yugoslav SFR 200 kg/ha compare
- 71 Eritrea 177.1 kg/ha
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 sesame seed — yield in Bulgaria?
- Sesame seed — yield in Bulgaria was 32 kg/ha in 1979, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 221.3 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Bulgaria rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 72nd out of 72 countries with data for 1979.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — 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.