Apples of Bulgaria
4 varieties in the atlas came from Bulgaria. The oldest is Kandile, dated by 1900.
Harvest
Bulgaria grew 36,830 tonnes of apples in 2024, 0.04% of the world's harvest; it ranked 65th among the world's producers.1
The figures
| Year | Tonnes |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 36,830 |
| 2023 | 34,930 |
| 2022 | 46,400 |
| 2021 | 44,030 |
| 2020 | 37,870 |
| 2019 | 43,620 |
| 2018 | 50,300 |
| 2017 | 44,927 |
| 2016 | 44,755 |
| 2015 | 58,419 |
| 2014 | 54,502 |
| 2013 | 55,013 |
| 2012 | 30,942 |
| 2011 | 40,413 |
| 2010 | 43,235 |
| 2009 | 35,456 |
| 2008 | 23,517 |
| 2007 | 26,165 |
| 2006 | 26,328 |
| 2005 | 26,130 |
| 2004 | 39,393 |
| 2003 | 38,372 |
| 2002 | 26,417 |
| 2001 | 42,710 |
| 2000 | 88,983 |
| 1999 | 92,269 |
| 1998 | 129,145 |
| 1997 | 161,232 |
| 1996 | 203,668 |
| 1995 | 149,287 |
| 1994 | 76,477 |
| 1993 | 109,858 |
| 1992 | 221,202 |
| 1991 | 145,060 |
| 1990 | 410,915 |
| 1989 | 457,875 |
| 1988 | 334,463 |
| 1987 | 339,177 |
| 1986 | 543,256 |
| 1985 | 336,124 |
| 1984 | 525,984 |
| 1983 | 467,588 |
| 1982 | 425,780 |
| 1981 | 433,142 |
| 1980 | 394,280 |
| 1979 | 285,239 |
| 1978 | 321,088 |
| 1977 | 281,416 |
| 1976 | 382,287 |
| 1975 | 329,342 |
| 1974 | 249,583 |
| 1973 | 360,159 |
| 1972 | 340,336 |
| 1971 | 343,683 |
| 1970 | 363,126 |
| 1969 | 460,449 |
| 1968 | 427,062 |
| 1967 | 413,124 |
| 1966 | 343,660 |
| 1965 | 299,404 |
| 1964 | 364,126 |
| 1963 | 289,695 |
| 1962 | 350,612 |
| 1961 | 272,703 |
Varieties from Bulgaria in the catalogue, A to Z
- Aivaniya by 1957
- Bukhovitsa by 1957
- Kandile by 1900
- Yamborka by 1957
Sources
- FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Updated 31 December 2025. Supports: each country's apple harvest by year (item 515, apples, in tonnes, 1961 to 2024), the shares of the world's harvest and the ranks worked out from them, and which figures FAOSTAT estimated or imputed.