Capture fisheries production in Bulgaria

Capture fisheries in Bulgaria landed 6,862 tonnes in 2024.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bulgaria, 2024 6,862 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +2.4% 2023: 6,704 tonnes
European Union, 2024 3,545,367 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 149th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Bulgaria over time

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Metric tonnes. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Capture fisheries production (metric tonnes), 2000 to 2024
Period BulgariaEuropean Union
2024 6,862 tonnes 3,545,367 tonnes
2023 6,704 tonnes 3,569,281 tonnes
2022 5,594 tonnes 3,661,908 tonnes
2021 9,009 tonnes 3,741,823 tonnes
2020 6,296 tonnes 4,010,160 tonnes
2019 10,330 tonnes 4,234,830 tonnes
2018 8,599 tonnes 4,706,964 tonnes
2017 8,559 tonnes 4,915,319 tonnes
2016 8,614 tonnes 4,552,351 tonnes
2015 8,829 tonnes 4,716,008 tonnes
2014 8,687 tonnes 4,727,998 tonnes
2013 9,670 tonnes 4,443,454 tonnes
2012 9,581 tonnes 4,083,731 tonnes
2011 9,623 tonnes 4,592,741 tonnes
2010 10,769 tonnes 4,877,852 tonnes
2009 8,978 tonnes 4,729,528 tonnes
2008 8,864 tonnes 4,669,701 tonnes
2007 8,903 tonnes 4,778,789 tonnes
2006 7,544 tonnes 5,177,545 tonnes
2005 5,434 tonnes 5,185,395 tonnes
2004 8,252 tonnes 5,395,101 tonnes
2003 12,035 tonnes 5,387,156 tonnes
2002 15,008 tonnes 5,860,054 tonnes
2001 8,674 tonnes 6,201,557 tonnes
2000 8,663 tonnes 6,094,540 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.4% from 6,704 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 8,687 tonnes, the figure has changed by −21.0%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Bulgaria has the 149th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,545,367 tonnes.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.FSH.CAPT.MT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Bulgaria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)