Sour cherries — Production in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Sour cherries — Production was 3,360 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Production in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sour cherries — production in Bulgaria stood at 3,360 t.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — production in Bulgaria peaked at 42,207 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2,700 t, in 2007.
Bulgaria ranks 20th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sour cherries — Production in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,980 t | — |
| 1962 | 9,157 t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 10,092 t | +10.2% |
| 1964 | 10,626 t | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 12,307 t | +15.8% |
| 1966 | 15,640 t | +27.1% |
| 1967 | 15,369 t | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 20,976 t | +36.5% |
| 1969 | 17,551 t | -16.3% |
| 1970 | 15,033 t | -14.3% |
| 1971 | 16,561 t | +10.2% |
| 1972 | 17,020 t | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 16,724 t | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 15,202 t | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 23,042 t | +51.6% |
| 1976 | 19,332 t | -16.1% |
| 1977 | 17,649 t | -8.7% |
| 1978 | 22,144 t | +25.5% |
| 1979 | 25,113 t | +13.4% |
| 1980 | 20,754 t | -17.4% |
| 1981 | 29,012 t | +39.8% |
| 1982 | 25,013 t | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 28,812 t | +15.2% |
| 1984 | 30,141 t | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 32,648 t | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 36,755 t | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 35,697 t | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 35,025 t | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 42,207 t | +20.5% |
| 1990 | 30,618 t | -27.5% |
| 1991 | 26,626 t | -13.0% |
| 1992 | 26,405 t | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 14,860 t | -43.7% |
| 1994 | 23,037 t | +55.0% |
| 1995 | 12,503 t | -45.7% |
| 1996 | 10,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1997 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 9,394 t | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 11,000 t | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 10,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 5,844 t | -41.6% |
| 2002 | 7,529 t | +28.8% |
| 2003 | 3,108 t | -58.7% |
| 2004 | 3,325 t | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 3,168 t | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 3,701 t | +16.8% |
| 2007 | 2,700 t | -27.0% |
| 2008 | 3,279 t | +21.4% |
| 2009 | 3,958 t | +20.7% |
| 2010 | 2,825 t | -28.6% |
| 2011 | 4,328 t | +53.2% |
| 2012 | 3,879 t | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 6,996 t | +80.4% |
| 2014 | 3,776 t | -46.0% |
| 2015 | 3,425 t | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 3,546 t | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 4,106 t | +15.8% |
| 2018 | 4,790 t | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 5,150 t | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 4,810 t | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 4,410 t | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 4,260 t | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 3,270 t | -23.2% |
| 2024 | 3,360 t | +2.8% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 3,360 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,640 t, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 3,360 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 620 t, 5.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,411 t | 8,980 t | 20,976 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,782 t | 15,033 t | 25,113 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,606 t | 20,754 t | 42,207 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,444 t | 9,394 t | 30,618 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,661 t | 2,700 t | 10,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,282 t | 2,825 t | 6,996 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,022 t | 3,270 t | 4,810 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
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 sour cherries — production in Bulgaria?
- Sour cherries — production in Bulgaria was 3,360 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — production recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 42,207 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — production recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,700 t in 2007.
- How does Bulgaria rank for sour cherries — production?
- Bulgaria ranks 20th out of 42 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — production rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. 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 Sour cherries — Production. 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.