Raw milk of sheep — Production in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Raw milk of sheep — Production was 49,810 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for raw milk of sheep — production in Bulgaria is 49,810 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — production in Bulgaria peaked at 338,056 t in 1983 and was at its lowest, 49,810 t, in 2024.
Bulgaria ranks 33rd of 87 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Raw milk of sheep — Production in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 278,704 t | — |
| 1962 | 270,753 t | -2.9% |
| 1963 | 290,453 t | +7.3% |
| 1964 | 291,022 t | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 295,928 t | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 305,742 t | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 309,120 t | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 301,691 t | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 288,689 t | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 300,975 t | +4.3% |
| 1971 | 304,046 t | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 293,553 t | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 290,547 t | -1.0% |
| 1974 | 297,704 t | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 292,562 t | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 282,064 t | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 301,402 t | +6.9% |
| 1978 | 301,875 t | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 313,107 t | +3.7% |
| 1980 | 299,177 t | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 307,100 t | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 325,700 t | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 338,056 t | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 324,075 t | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 319,169 t | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 325,298 t | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 308,600 t | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 304,558 t | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 286,215 t | -6.0% |
| 1990 | 272,113 t | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 226,059 t | -16.9% |
| 1992 | 185,614 t | -17.9% |
| 1993 | 148,084 t | -20.2% |
| 1994 | 133,442 t | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 123,294 t | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 113,738 t | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 109,812 t | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 109,300 t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 106,200 t | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 96,650 t | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 72,050 t | -25.5% |
| 2002 | 93,479 t | +29.7% |
| 2003 | 88,679 t | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 117,682 t | +32.7% |
| 2005 | 105,057 t | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 107,535 t | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 84,907 t | -21.0% |
| 2008 | 88,243 t | +3.9% |
| 2009 | 87,247 t | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 85,001 t | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 89,296 t | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 87,403 t | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 94,361 t | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 74,978 t | -20.5% |
| 2015 | 74,324 t | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 79,681 t | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 69,375 t | -12.9% |
| 2018 | 71,540 t | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 67,000 t | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 76,480 t | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 70,370 t | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 56,660 t | -19.5% |
| 2023 | 52,010 t | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 49,810 t | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 292,456 t | 270,753 t | 309,120 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 297,784 t | 282,064 t | 313,107 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 313,795 t | 286,215 t | 338,056 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 152,766 t | 106,200 t | 272,113 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 94,153 t | 72,050 t | 117,682 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 79,296 t | 67,000 t | 94,361 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,066 t | 49,810 t | 76,480 t | 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)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — production in Bulgaria?
- Raw milk of sheep — production in Bulgaria was 49,810 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 338,056 t in 1983.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — production recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 49,810 t in 2024.
- How does Bulgaria rank for raw milk of sheep — production?
- Bulgaria ranks 33rd out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — production rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.6%. 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 Raw milk of sheep — Production. 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.