Spinach — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Spinach — Yield was 5,900 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Spinach — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — yield in Bulgaria stood at 5,900 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 47.5% on the previous year and down 57.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 15,674 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2,538 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Bulgaria 54th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Spinach — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,454 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,454 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,385 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 5,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,714 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1967 | 5,673 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 8,064 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1969 | 5,700 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1970 | 5,838 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 6,974 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1972 | 6,685 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 7,921 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1974 | 7,901 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 7,135 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 7,618 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1977 | 5,986 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1978 | 8,092 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1979 | 7,407 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 14,586 kg/ha | +96.9% |
| 1981 | 10,563 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1982 | 11,245 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1983 | 15,062 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1984 | 14,384 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1985 | 9,728 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1986 | 11,480 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1987 | 9,523 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1988 | 12,104 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1989 | 15,674 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1990 | 11,347 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1991 | 11,776 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 8,571 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1993 | 7,692 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1994 | 8,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 7,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1997 | 8,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 7,167 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1999 | 7,333 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 7,500 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 10,505 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 2002 | 3,847 kg/ha | -63.4% |
| 2003 | 8,619 kg/ha | +124.0% |
| 2004 | 6,706 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2005 | 13,511 kg/ha | +101.5% |
| 2006 | 6,254 kg/ha | -53.7% |
| 2007 | 10,278 kg/ha | +64.3% |
| 2008 | 10,933 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2009 | 10,825 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 6,025 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 2011 | 7,747 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2012 | 5,160 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 2013 | 11,184 kg/ha | +116.7% |
| 2014 | 13,837 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2015 | 9,469 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 2016 | 11,042 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2017 | 5,667 kg/ha | -48.7% |
| 2018 | 2,538 kg/ha | -55.2% |
| 2019 | 6,444 kg/ha | +153.9% |
| 2020 | 6,067 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 5,857 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2022 | 5,200 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 4,000 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2024 | 5,900 kg/ha | +47.5% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 5,900 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 56% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 5,900 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11,891 kg/ha, 50% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,802 kg/ha | 5,385 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,156 kg/ha | 5,838 kg/ha | 8,092 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,435 kg/ha | 9,523 kg/ha | 15,674 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,539 kg/ha | 7,167 kg/ha | 11,776 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,898 kg/ha | 3,847 kg/ha | 13,511 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,911 kg/ha | 2,538 kg/ha | 13,837 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,405 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 6,067 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 51 Bangladesh 6,779 kg/ha compare
- 52 Ukraine 6,667 kg/ha compare
- 53 Australia 6,257 kg/ha compare
- 55 Australia and New Zealand 5,586 kg/ha compare
- 56 Costa Rica 5,399 kg/ha compare
- 57 Slovenia 5,333 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 spinach — yield in Bulgaria?
- Spinach — yield in Bulgaria was 5,900 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 15,674 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,538 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Bulgaria rank for spinach — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 54th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.4%. 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 Spinach — 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.