Agriculture & Rural in Bulgaria

4,465 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Fertilizer consumption 447,316 tonnes 2023 up 17.8% 37th
Fertilizer use by nutrient 340,801 tonnes 2023 up 16.6% 36th
Cropland area 3.62 million hectares 2023 up 0.2% 70th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, per square kilometre 0.0364 t per square kilometre 2023 down 89.2% 44th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.022 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 88.3% 42nd
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 592.72 1000 No 2023 down 0.5% 82nd
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 18.63 % 2023 down 8.0% 85th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 197.45 1000 No 2023 up 3.3% 87th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 6.21 % 2023 down 4.5% 94th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 33.31 % 2023 up 3.8% 107th
Sorghum — Gross Production Value 2,154 1000 USD 2017 up 573.1% 61st
Sunflower seed — Area harvested 929,150 ha 2024 up 10.1% 7th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, per 0.3589 t per square kilometre 2023 up 205.1% 75th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per 0.0278 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 146.5% 64th
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 49.51 % 2023 up 0.5% 106th
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 50.49 % 2023 down 0.5% 52nd
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm -0.98 % 2023 up 34.2% 106th
Sunflower seed — Production 1.64 million t 2024 down 18.2% 9th
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 0 t 2023 down 100.0% 65th
Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 37,951 1000 Int$ 2017 up 14.5% 20th
Cucumbers and gherkins — Gross Production Value 60,781 1000 SLC 2017 down 4.9% 66th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 395.27 1000 No 2023 down 2.3% 72nd
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 395.27 1000 No 2023 down 2.3% 73rd
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 66.69 % 2023 down 1.8% 39th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 12.43 % 2023 down 9.7% 69th
Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value 501 1000 USD 2007 down 64.9% 96th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Gross Production Value 1,057 1000 USD 2017 up 8.5% 59th
Barley — Gross Production Value 105,336 1000 USD 2017 up 41.8% 34th
Plums and sloes — Gross Production Index Number 134.84 2017 up 113.7% 17th
Plums and sloes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 136.56 2017 up 129.2% 12th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production 0.7 t 2006 80th
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen 4 An 2006 79th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 4 An 2006 79th
Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution 0.19 No 2024 unchanged 148th
Share of employment in agriculture 4.7% 2025 down 31.1% 134th
Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 4.7% 2025 down 31.1% 134th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 230,536 1000 SLC 2017 down 6.2% 109th
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production 683,000 t 2023 up 245.4% 6th
Tomatoes — Gross Production Value 187,467 1000 SLC 2024 up 57.0% 91st
Share of employed women working in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 2.7% 2025 down 36.4% 134th
Share of employment in agriculture, industry, and services 4.7% 2025 down 31.1% 134th
Strawberries — Production 4,730 t 2024 up 12.5% 58th
Mules and hinnies — Stocks 1,500 An 2017 down 80.0% 53rd
Other nuts (excluding wild edible nuts and groundnuts), in shell 0 ha 2023 down 100.0% 65th
Raw milk of sheep — Production 49,810 t 2024 down 33.6% 33rd
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 175 kg/An 2006 up 57.7% 49th
Strawberries — Gross Production Value 8,748 1000 Int$ 2017 down 10.1% 55th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 2 1000 Int$ 2006 76th
Lettuce and chicory — Gross Production Value 365 1000 USD 2017 up 261.4% 70th
Millet — Gross Production Index Number 83.3 2017 up 76.7% 52nd
Millet — Gross per capita Production Index Number 84.54 2017 up 89.5% 41st
Seed cotton, unginned — Gross Production Index Number 214.33 2017 up 423.0% 8th
Seed cotton, unginned — Gross per capita Production Index Number 216.43 2017 up 460.8% 6th
Peas, green — Gross Production Index Number 125.23 2017 up 13.4% 16th
Peas, green — Gross per capita Production Index Number 126.68 2017 up 21.6% 14th
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 67,977 1000 SLC 2017 down 9.5% 113th
Peaches and nectarines — Gross Production Value 21,096 1000 Int$ 2017 up 84.0% 40th
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Gross 1,460 1000 USD 2017 down 33.4% 53rd
Pears — Gross Production Index Number 120.05 2017 up 194.3% 21st
Pears — Gross per capita Production Index Number 121.77 2017 up 215.5% 19th