Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight was 161 kg/An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria is 161 kg/An, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.0% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria peaked at 207 kg/An in 1990 and was at its lowest, 93 kg/An, in 2016.
Bulgaria ranks 125th of 190 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 115 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 121 kg/An | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 121 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 133 kg/An | +9.9% |
| 1965 | 140 kg/An | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 152 kg/An | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 170 kg/An | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 172 kg/An | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 165 kg/An | -4.1% |
| 1970 | 182 kg/An | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 194 kg/An | +6.6% |
| 1972 | 193 kg/An | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 198 kg/An | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 202 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 195 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 189 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 193 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 187 kg/An | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 187 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 183 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 181 kg/An | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 185 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 190 kg/An | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 191 kg/An | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 191 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 197 kg/An | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 197 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 197 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 204 kg/An | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 207 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 192 kg/An | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 207 kg/An | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 204 kg/An | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 183 kg/An | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 156 kg/An | -14.8% |
| 1996 | 187 kg/An | +19.9% |
| 1997 | 176 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 182 kg/An | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 178 kg/An | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 181 kg/An | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 135 kg/An | -25.4% |
| 2002 | 143 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 162 kg/An | +13.3% |
| 2004 | 137 kg/An | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 143 kg/An | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 140 kg/An | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 150 kg/An | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 147 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 149 kg/An | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 142 kg/An | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 142 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 143 kg/An | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 146 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 135 kg/An | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 135 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 93 kg/An | -31.1% |
| 2017 | 146 kg/An | +57.0% |
| 2018 | 146 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 152 kg/An | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 151 kg/An | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 156 kg/An | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 155 kg/An | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 175 kg/An | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 161 kg/An | -8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 143.22 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 172 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 192 kg/An | 182 kg/An | 202 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 191.6 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 204 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 187.2 kg/An | 156 kg/An | 207 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 148.7 kg/An | 135 kg/An | 181 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 138 kg/An | 93 kg/An | 152 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 159.6 kg/An | 151 kg/An | 175 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria?
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria was 161 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 207 kg/An in 1990.
- What is the lowest meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 93 kg/An in 2016.
- How does Bulgaria rank for meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight?
- Bulgaria ranks 125th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of cattle with the bone, 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.