Rice production in Bulgaria

Rice production in Bulgaria was 65,840 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 2.6% from 2023. That is the 6th highest of 26 EU countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes65,840

Change on 2023+2.6%

Rank6th of 26EU countries ranked

Series high74,8901982

Series low3,0761994

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Rice production in Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	65,840
2023	64,160
2022	64,320
2021	58,120
2020	65,810
2019	70,920
2018	60,720
2017	58,523
2016	64,773
2015	67,684
2014	54,155
2013	56,121
2012	54,896
2011	59,619
2010	57,432
2009	43,441
2008	38,645
2007	30,576
2006	20,008
2005	20,163
2004	28,116
2003	23,659
2002	17,955
2001	18,706
2000	16,784
1999	7,000
1998	10,277
1997	11,333
1996	8,832
1995	4,984
1994	3,076
1993	10,842
1992	14,499
1991	20,833
1990	25,188
1989	42,723
1988	45,558
1987	52,993
1986	62,407
1985	54,570
1984	61,113
1983	74,309
1982	74,890
1981	73,514
1980	67,382
1979	73,385
1978	61,115
1977	67,735
1976	41,213
1975	67,700
1974	57,969
1973	61,896
1972	60,294
1971	66,988
1970	66,171
1969	58,157
1968	38,929
1967	57,120
1966	48,358
1965	33,490
1964	31,460
1963	42,316
1962	39,037
1961	36,490

Rankings

Countries by rice production 142 places
EU countries by rice production 26 places

Definition

Quantity of rice as paddy, the unhusked grain as harvested produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

Paddy weight. Milled rice, the measure some other sources use, weighs about two thirds as much. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510) (Rice production, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), Rice production, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/bulgaria. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Rice production, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/bulgaria.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510), Rice production, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/bulgaria (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_rice_production_bulgaria_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510): Rice production, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/rice-production/bulgaria. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Rice, production, t (item 27, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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74,890 tonnes in 1982, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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