Sunflower seed — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,770 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — yield in Bulgaria is 1,770 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.7% on the previous year and down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 2,465 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 832.4 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Bulgaria 35th out of 76 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,297 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,312 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 1,318 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 1,410 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 1,337 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 1,659 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1967 | 1,784 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 1,639 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1969 | 1,892 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 1970 | 1,462 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1971 | 1,731 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1972 | 1,805 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 1,774 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 1,404 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1975 | 1,791 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1976 | 1,600 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1977 | 1,784 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1978 | 1,629 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 1,854 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1980 | 1,535 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1981 | 1,757 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1982 | 2,019 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1983 | 1,734 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1984 | 1,823 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 1,365 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1986 | 1,916 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 1987 | 1,540 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1988 | 1,572 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 1,912 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1990 | 1,387 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1991 | 1,610 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1992 | 1,250 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1993 | 920.5 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1994 | 1,213 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1995 | 1,309 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 1,053 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1997 | 967.9 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 973 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1,023 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 832.4 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2001 | 1,039 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2002 | 1,370 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2003 | 1,196 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 1,820 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 2005 | 1,472 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2006 | 1,594 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 937 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 2008 | 1,802 kg/ha | +92.3% |
| 2009 | 1,928 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 2,105 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 1,927 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 1,778 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 2,247 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2014 | 2,383 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 2,096 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2016 | 2,292 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 2,288 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,465 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 2,375 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 2,109 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2021 | 2,394 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2022 | 2,334 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 2,051 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 1,770 kg/ha | -13.7% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 1,770 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,163 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 1,770 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,182 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,516 kg/ha | 1,297 kg/ha | 1,892 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,683 kg/ha | 1,404 kg/ha | 1,854 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,717 kg/ha | 1,365 kg/ha | 2,019 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,171 kg/ha | 920.5 kg/ha | 1,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,399 kg/ha | 832.4 kg/ha | 1,928 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,196 kg/ha | 1,778 kg/ha | 2,465 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,132 kg/ha | 1,770 kg/ha | 2,394 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 32 Czechoslovakia 1,855 kg/ha compare
- 33 Ecuador 1,789 kg/ha compare
- 34 Serbia and Montenegro 1,773 kg/ha compare
- 36 Russian Federation 1,746 kg/ha compare
- 37 South Sudan 1,745 kg/ha compare
- 38 Paraguay 1,674 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 sunflower seed — yield in Bulgaria?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Bulgaria was 1,770 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 2,465 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 832.4 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Bulgaria rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 35th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.