Sorghum — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Sorghum — Yield was 1,956 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sorghum — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 1,956 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 21.5% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 4,177 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 596.8 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Bulgaria 44th out of 111 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
Sorghum — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,141 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 596.8 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 1964 | 1,190 kg/ha | +99.4% |
| 1965 | 1,578 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1966 | 2,731 kg/ha | +73.1% |
| 1967 | 2,120 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1968 | 1,848 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1969 | 3,216 kg/ha | +74.1% |
| 1970 | 2,075 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1971 | 2,411 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1972 | 1,304 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1973 | 819.7 kg/ha | -37.1% |
| 1990 | 1,778 kg/ha | +116.9% |
| 1991 | 1,797 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 1,806 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 1,730 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 1,737 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 1,458 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1996 | 1,316 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 2,543 kg/ha | +93.3% |
| 1998 | 2,324 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 2,750 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2000 | 2,073 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 2001 | 2,070 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,104 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 1,660 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2004 | 2,100 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2005 | 2,040 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 2,275 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 1,111 kg/ha | -51.2% |
| 2008 | 1,932 kg/ha | +73.9% |
| 2009 | 2,484 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2010 | 2,431 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 1,954 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2012 | 2,020 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 2,679 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 2014 | 2,736 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 2,498 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 2,345 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2017 | 2,883 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2018 | 4,177 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 2019 | 3,298 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2020 | 3,478 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 2,871 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 2,398 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 2,492 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 1,956 kg/ha | -21.5% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 1,956 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,619 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 1,956 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,139 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,732 kg/ha | 596.8 kg/ha | 3,216 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,652 kg/ha | 819.7 kg/ha | 2,411 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 1,924 kg/ha | 1,316 kg/ha | 2,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,985 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 2,484 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,702 kg/ha | 1,954 kg/ha | 4,177 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,639 kg/ha | 1,956 kg/ha | 3,478 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 41 Yugoslav SFR 2,134 kg/ha compare
- 42 Costa Rica 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 43 Czechoslovakia 1,974 kg/ha compare
- 45 Azerbaijan 1,933 kg/ha compare
- 46 Sri Lanka 1,928 kg/ha compare
- 47 Romania 1,909 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 sorghum — yield in Bulgaria?
- Sorghum — yield in Bulgaria was 1,956 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 4,177 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 596.8 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Bulgaria rank for sorghum — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 44th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. 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 Sorghum — 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.