Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price Index in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price Index was 255.63 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price Index in Bulgaria, 1998–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 255.63 for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.8% on the previous year and up 152.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price index in Bulgaria peaked at 255.63 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 24.42, in 1999.
That places Bulgaria 14th out of 128 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price Index in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 30.66 | — |
| 1999 | 24.42 | -20.4% |
| 2000 | 24.85 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 87.17 | +250.8% |
| 2002 | 81.81 | -6.1% |
| 2003 | 83.88 | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 92.41 | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 69.13 | -25.2% |
| 2006 | 76.1 | +10.1% |
| 2007 | 77.61 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 114.34 | +47.3% |
| 2009 | 116.06 | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 115.73 | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 133.01 | +14.9% |
| 2012 | 93.96 | -29.4% |
| 2013 | 101.34 | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 94.07 | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 101.26 | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 104.67 | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 92 | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 129.98 | +41.3% |
| 2019 | 136.8 | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 143 | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 152.85 | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 203.83 | +33.4% |
| 2023 | 218.51 | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 237.07 | +8.5% |
| 2025 | 255.63 | +7.8% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 255.63 is above the median for high income countries, which is 152.53, 1.7× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 255.63 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 168.09, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price Index in Bulgaria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +250.8% | 24.85 | 87.17 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27.54 | 24.42 | 30.66 | 2 |
| 2000s | 82.34 | 24.85 | 116.06 | 10 |
| 2010s | 110.28 | 92 | 136.8 | 10 |
| 2020s | 201.81 | 143 | 255.63 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More economy & growth data for Bulgaria
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.48 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.58 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.51 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0116 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 234.99 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 4.88 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 60.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0373 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 759.02 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 7.89 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price index in Bulgaria?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price index in Bulgaria was 255.63 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price index recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 255.63 in 2025.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price index recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.42 in 1999.
- How does Bulgaria rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price index?
- Bulgaria ranks 14th out of 128 countries with data for 2025.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — producer price index rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 152.4%. 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 Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (biological) — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.