Vetches — Yield in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Vetches — Yield was 3,669 kg/ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Yield in Bulgaria, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, vetches — yield in Bulgaria stood at 3,669 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 162.8% on the previous year and up 220.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — yield in Bulgaria peaked at 3,669 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 353.8 kg/ha, in 1986.
Bulgaria ranks 4th of 43 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Yield in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 441.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 371.3 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1963 | 690.5 kg/ha | +86.0% |
| 1964 | 672.7 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1965 | 480 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1966 | 844.7 kg/ha | +76.0% |
| 1967 | 630 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1968 | 387.7 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 1969 | 759.7 kg/ha | +96.0% |
| 1970 | 700.9 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 543.5 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1972 | 553.6 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 775.1 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1974 | 731.3 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 576.6 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1976 | 850.8 kg/ha | +47.6% |
| 1977 | 927.1 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 948.1 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 370.5 kg/ha | -60.9% |
| 1980 | 768.5 kg/ha | +107.4% |
| 1981 | 793.6 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 798.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 401.1 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 1984 | 873 kg/ha | +117.7% |
| 1985 | 659.4 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1986 | 353.8 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 1987 | 932.6 kg/ha | +163.6% |
| 1988 | 877.6 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 745.1 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1990 | 859.1 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1991 | 610.7 kg/ha | -28.9% |
| 2001 | 1,000 kg/ha | +63.7% |
| 2002 | 1,308 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2003 | 1,389 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 1,481 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2005 | 1,174 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2006 | 1,681 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 2007 | 1,147 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 2008 | 1,619 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 2009 | 1,148 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2010 | 1,000 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2011 | 1,659 kg/ha | +65.9% |
| 2012 | 1,531 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 1,680 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 1,609 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 1,616 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,396 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2017 | 3,669 kg/ha | +162.8% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 3,669 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 995.5 kg/ha, 3.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 3,669 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,415 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 586.49 kg/ha | 371.3 kg/ha | 844.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 697.75 kg/ha | 370.5 kg/ha | 948.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 720.28 kg/ha | 353.8 kg/ha | 932.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 734.9 kg/ha | 610.7 kg/ha | 859.1 kg/ha | 2 |
| 2000s | 1,327 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,681 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,770 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 3,669 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 1 Mexico 11,433 kg/ha compare
- 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6,500 kg/ha compare
- 2 Republic of Moldova 1,657 kg/ha compare
- 3 Serbia and Montenegro 3,699 kg/ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 1,602 kg/ha compare
- 5 Morocco 3,330 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 868.6 kg/ha compare
- 6 Serbia 3,234 kg/ha compare
- 7 Egypt 3,018 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 vetches — yield in Bulgaria?
- Vetches — yield in Bulgaria was 3,669 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 3,669 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest vetches — yield recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 353.8 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Bulgaria rank for vetches — yield?
- Bulgaria ranks 4th out of 43 countries with data for 2017.
- Is vetches — yield rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 220.0%. 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 Vetches — 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.