Sugar beet — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Sugar beet — Yield was 12,680 kg/ha in 2007. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2007
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — yield in Bulgaria is 12,680 kg/ha, measured in 2007.
That represents a change of down 35.8% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 40,283 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 9,108 kg/ha, in 1993.
Bulgaria ranks 62nd of 65 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,466 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,105 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1963 | 17,346 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 27,022 kg/ha | +55.8% |
| 1965 | 21,218 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1966 | 40,283 kg/ha | +89.9% |
| 1967 | 34,316 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1968 | 26,452 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1969 | 28,196 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1970 | 30,196 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 34,500 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 35,196 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 29,024 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1974 | 27,334 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1975 | 23,148 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1976 | 33,022 kg/ha | +42.7% |
| 1977 | 24,866 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1978 | 26,366 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 33,547 kg/ha | +27.2% |
| 1980 | 26,579 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 22,172 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1982 | 26,161 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1983 | 23,026 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1984 | 22,340 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1985 | 16,803 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 1986 | 20,269 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1987 | 18,080 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1988 | 15,394 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1989 | 23,862 kg/ha | +55.0% |
| 1990 | 16,001 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1991 | 22,690 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 1992 | 17,405 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1993 | 9,108 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 1994 | 13,854 kg/ha | +52.1% |
| 1995 | 16,794 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1996 | 10,245 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1997 | 15,420 kg/ha | +50.5% |
| 1998 | 14,835 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 16,762 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 10,434 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 2001 | 14,100 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 2002 | 23,740 kg/ha | +68.4% |
| 2003 | 23,036 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 24,346 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 19,112 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2006 | 19,755 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 12,680 kg/ha | -35.8% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 12,680 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 19% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 12,680 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,045 kg/ha | 17,105 kg/ha | 40,283 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,720 kg/ha | 23,148 kg/ha | 35,196 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,469 kg/ha | 15,394 kg/ha | 26,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,311 kg/ha | 9,108 kg/ha | 22,690 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,400 kg/ha | 10,434 kg/ha | 24,346 kg/ha | 8 |
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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 sugar beet — yield in Bulgaria?
- Sugar beet — yield in Bulgaria was 12,680 kg/ha in 2007, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 40,283 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,108 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Bulgaria rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 62nd out of 65 countries with data for 2007.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar beet — 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.