Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight was 74 kg/An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in Bulgaria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 74 kg/An for raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.2% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria peaked at 94 kg/An in 2013 and was at its lowest, 42 kg/An, in 2001.
Bulgaria ranks 22nd of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Raw milk of sheep — Yield/Carcass Weight in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | kg/An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48 kg/An | — |
| 1962 | 44 kg/An | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 44 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 43 kg/An | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 44 kg/An | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 47 kg/An | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 48 kg/An | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 50 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 49 kg/An | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 50 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 51 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 49 kg/An | -3.9% |
| 1973 | 49 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 50 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 48 kg/An | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 48 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 50 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 50 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 51 kg/An | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 48 kg/An | -5.9% |
| 1981 | 48 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 50 kg/An | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 52 kg/An | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 51 kg/An | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 54 kg/An | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 58 kg/An | +7.4% |
| 1987 | 58 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 58 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 57 kg/An | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 55 kg/An | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 48 kg/An | -12.7% |
| 1992 | 45 kg/An | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 46 kg/An | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 48 kg/An | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 53 kg/An | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 53 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 55 kg/An | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 53 kg/An | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 53 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 51 kg/An | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 42 kg/An | -17.6% |
| 2002 | 72 kg/An | +71.4% |
| 2003 | 64 kg/An | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 92 kg/An | +43.8% |
| 2005 | 78 kg/An | -15.2% |
| 2006 | 88 kg/An | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 71 kg/An | -19.3% |
| 2008 | 79 kg/An | +11.3% |
| 2009 | 79 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 79 kg/An | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 88 kg/An | +11.4% |
| 2012 | 80 kg/An | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 94 kg/An | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 70 kg/An | -25.5% |
| 2015 | 72 kg/An | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 78 kg/An | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 68 kg/An | -12.8% |
| 2018 | 69 kg/An | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 67 kg/An | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 76 kg/An | +13.4% |
| 2021 | 79 kg/An | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 72 kg/An | -8.9% |
| 2023 | 69 kg/An | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 74 kg/An | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.33 kg/An | 43 kg/An | 50 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 49.6 kg/An | 48 kg/An | 51 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.4 kg/An | 48 kg/An | 58 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 50.9 kg/An | 45 kg/An | 55 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.6 kg/An | 42 kg/An | 92 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 76.5 kg/An | 67 kg/An | 94 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 74 kg/An | 69 kg/An | 79 kg/An | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria?
- Raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight in Bulgaria was 74 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 94 kg/An in 2013.
- What is the lowest raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 42 kg/An in 2001.
- How does Bulgaria rank for raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight?
- Bulgaria ranks 22nd out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw milk of sheep — yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. 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 Raw milk of sheep — 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.