Sour cherries — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Sour cherries — Yield was 3,360 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 3,360 kg/ha for sour cherries — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 19,522 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,714 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Bulgaria 29th out of 38 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sour cherries — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,522 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,262 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1963 | 14,841 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 14,360 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 12,558 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1966 | 15,640 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1967 | 13,972 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1968 | 13,984 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 14,626 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 15,033 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 11,829 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1972 | 10,638 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1973 | 11,149 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 10,135 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1975 | 12,801 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1976 | 10,740 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1977 | 7,674 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1978 | 8,517 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 8,371 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 6,918 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1981 | 8,792 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1982 | 5,685 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 1983 | 7,582 kg/ha | +33.4% |
| 1984 | 8,146 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 8,371 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 9,189 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1987 | 9,394 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 7,960 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1989 | 9,175 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1990 | 7,120 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1991 | 6,425 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 6,209 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 3,561 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 1994 | 7,190 kg/ha | +101.9% |
| 1995 | 4,678 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1996 | 4,000 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1997 | 3,827 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 2,670 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1999 | 4,400 kg/ha | +64.8% |
| 2000 | 2,184 kg/ha | -50.4% |
| 2001 | 1,714 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2002 | 2,730 kg/ha | +59.2% |
| 2003 | 2,101 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2004 | 2,151 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 2,160 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,438 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2007 | 2,087 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2008 | 2,467 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2009 | 2,904 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2010 | 1,794 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 2011 | 2,665 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 2012 | 2,639 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 4,855 kg/ha | +84.0% |
| 2014 | 3,942 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2015 | 2,838 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 2016 | 3,119 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 3,823 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2018 | 4,059 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2019 | 3,872 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 4,373 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 3,737 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2022 | 3,838 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 3,516 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 3,360 kg/ha | -4.4% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 3,360 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,750 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 3,360 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,454 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,974 kg/ha | 12,558 kg/ha | 19,522 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,689 kg/ha | 7,674 kg/ha | 15,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,121 kg/ha | 5,685 kg/ha | 9,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,008 kg/ha | 2,670 kg/ha | 7,190 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,294 kg/ha | 1,714 kg/ha | 2,904 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,360 kg/ha | 1,794 kg/ha | 4,855 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,765 kg/ha | 3,360 kg/ha | 4,373 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Bulgaria?
- Sour cherries — yield in Bulgaria was 3,360 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 19,522 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,714 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for sour cherries — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 29th out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.8%. 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 — 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.