Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 175 kg/An in 2006. ▲ Rising
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Bulgaria, 1961–2006
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria is 175 kg/An, measured in 2006.
The figure is down 17.1% on the previous year and up 57.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria peaked at 211 kg/An in 2005 and was at its lowest, 53 kg/An, in 1985.
Bulgaria ranks 49th of 82 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 99 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 99 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 99 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 99 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 kg/An | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 98 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 148 kg/An | +51.0% |
| 1968 | 99 kg/An | -33.1% |
| 1969 | 105 kg/An | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 96 kg/An | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 83 kg/An | -13.5% |
| 1972 | 83 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 86 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 94 kg/An | +9.3% |
| 1975 | 93 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 127 kg/An | +36.6% |
| 1977 | 111 kg/An | -12.6% |
| 1978 | 107 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1979 | 105 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 120 kg/An | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 128 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 92 kg/An | -28.1% |
| 1983 | 104 kg/An | +13.0% |
| 1984 | 139 kg/An | +33.7% |
| 1985 | 53 kg/An | -61.9% |
| 1986 | 90 kg/An | +69.8% |
| 1987 | 96 kg/An | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 116 kg/An | +20.8% |
| 1990 | 120 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 110 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 106 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 111 kg/An | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 111 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 211 kg/An | +90.1% |
| 2006 | 175 kg/An | -17.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 105.11 kg/An | 98 kg/An | 148 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 98.5 kg/An | 83 kg/An | 127 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 104.22 kg/An | 53 kg/An | 139 kg/An | 9 |
| 1990s | 111.6 kg/An | 106 kg/An | 120 kg/An | 5 |
| 2000s | 193 kg/An | 175 kg/An | 211 kg/An | 2 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 48 Canada 178 kg/An compare
- 50 Indonesia 170 kg/An compare
- 50 Madagascar 170 kg/An compare
- 52 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 154 kg/An 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.47 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.47 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria?
- Horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria was 175 kg/An in 2006, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 211 kg/An in 2005.
- What is the lowest horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 53 kg/An in 1985.
- How does Bulgaria rank for horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Bulgaria ranks 49th out of 82 countries with data for 2006.
- Is horse meat, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.