Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 61,063 1000 An in 2024. ▼ Falling
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Bulgaria is 61,063 1000 An, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — 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 100th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
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 | 79,905 1000 An | 62,211 1000 An | 162,873 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 63,223 1000 An | 43,740 1000 An | 78,908 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,838 1000 An | 52,244 1000 An | 58,448 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,973 1000 An | 56,536 1000 An | 61,063 1000 An | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bulgaria
- 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)
- Rural population 25.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 1.66 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.24 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Bulgaria?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Bulgaria was 61,063 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 180,240 1000 An in 1989.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,300 1000 An in 1963.
- How does Bulgaria rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Bulgaria ranks 100th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. 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, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.