Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 53,926 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 53,926 1000 An for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Bulgaria peaked at 180,240 1000 An in 1989 and was at its lowest, 30,300 1000 An, in 1963.
That places Bulgaria 93rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | 1000 An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,700 1000 An | — |
| 1962 | 30,400 1000 An | -4.1% |
| 1963 | 30,300 1000 An | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 33,400 1000 An | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 37,000 1000 An | +10.8% |
| 1966 | 40,400 1000 An | +9.2% |
| 1967 | 51,700 1000 An | +28.0% |
| 1968 | 58,200 1000 An | +12.6% |
| 1969 | 65,300 1000 An | +12.2% |
| 1970 | 77,300 1000 An | +18.4% |
| 1971 | 92,500 1000 An | +19.7% |
| 1972 | 89,800 1000 An | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 94,400 1000 An | +5.1% |
| 1974 | 109,400 1000 An | +15.9% |
| 1975 | 109,412 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 111,649 1000 An | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 131,614 1000 An | +17.9% |
| 1978 | 144,201 1000 An | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 143,372 1000 An | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 134,975 1000 An | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 136,702 1000 An | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 143,541 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 146,325 1000 An | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 151,519 1000 An | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 141,178 1000 An | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 170,525 1000 An | +20.8% |
| 1987 | 174,528 1000 An | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 162,900 1000 An | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 180,240 1000 An | +10.6% |
| 1990 | 162,873 1000 An | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 83,205 1000 An | -48.9% |
| 1992 | 73,949 1000 An | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 66,000 1000 An | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 60,000 1000 An | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 63,000 1000 An | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 66,000 1000 An | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 67,000 1000 An | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 71,000 1000 An | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 67,000 1000 An | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 67,000 1000 An | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 70,000 1000 An | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 75,900 1000 An | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 40,453 1000 An | -46.7% |
| 2004 | 44,457 1000 An | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 52,133 1000 An | +17.3% |
| 2006 | 54,506 1000 An | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 61,904 1000 An | +13.6% |
| 2008 | 56,307 1000 An | -9.0% |
| 2009 | 68,898 1000 An | +22.4% |
| 2010 | 52,805 1000 An | -23.4% |
| 2011 | 48,584 1000 An | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 51,327 1000 An | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 46,548 1000 An | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 47,022 1000 An | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 50,449 1000 An | +7.3% |
| 2016 | 50,578 1000 An | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 50,074 1000 An | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 51,482 1000 An | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 51,510 1000 An | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 51,068 1000 An | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 51,659 1000 An | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 50,298 1000 An | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 50,661 1000 An | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 53,926 1000 An | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,044 1000 An | 30,300 1000 An | 65,300 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 110,365 1000 An | 77,300 1000 An | 144,201 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 154,243 1000 An | 134,975 1000 An | 180,240 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 78,003 1000 An | 60,000 1000 An | 162,873 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 59,156 1000 An | 40,453 1000 An | 75,900 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,038 1000 An | 46,548 1000 An | 52,805 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 51,522 1000 An | 50,298 1000 An | 53,926 1000 An | 5 |
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- 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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Bulgaria?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Bulgaria was 53,926 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 180,240 1000 An in 1989.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,300 1000 An in 1963.
- How does Bulgaria rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Bulgaria ranks 93rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 chickens, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.