Vegetables Primary — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 21,054 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Bulgaria is 21,054 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 23,901 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9,398 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Bulgaria 70th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,501 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,516 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 20,891 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 21,088 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 19,673 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1966 | 21,101 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1967 | 19,718 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1968 | 18,698 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1969 | 19,067 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 18,181 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 19,270 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 19,408 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 19,398 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 18,451 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 14,988 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1976 | 16,666 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1977 | 15,485 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1978 | 15,933 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 16,445 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 17,160 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 17,533 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 17,667 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 14,562 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1984 | 17,324 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1985 | 14,450 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1986 | 14,028 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 15,292 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 15,617 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 16,636 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 17,195 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 15,142 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 13,606 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1993 | 11,481 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1994 | 12,725 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 11,720 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 10,668 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1997 | 10,441 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 11,299 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 9,828 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 9,398 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 10,048 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 10,158 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 14,419 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 2004 | 13,102 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 12,714 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 14,194 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 11,153 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2008 | 15,139 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2009 | 16,295 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 17,244 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 16,546 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 14,456 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 18,486 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2014 | 20,854 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 15,572 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 2016 | 16,964 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 19,053 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 21,435 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 20,256 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 20,124 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 21,554 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 23,901 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 23,375 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 21,054 kg/ha | -9.9% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 21,054 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 21,054 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,926 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,139 kg/ha | 18,698 kg/ha | 21,101 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,423 kg/ha | 14,988 kg/ha | 19,408 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,027 kg/ha | 14,028 kg/ha | 17,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,411 kg/ha | 9,828 kg/ha | 17,195 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,662 kg/ha | 9,398 kg/ha | 16,295 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,086 kg/ha | 14,456 kg/ha | 21,435 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,002 kg/ha | 20,124 kg/ha | 23,901 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 vegetables primary — yield in Bulgaria?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Bulgaria was 21,054 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 23,901 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,398 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Bulgaria rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 70th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.