> Bulgaria had 32,000 turkeys in 2020. Over ten years it fell by 87%. The record was 1.5 million head in 1974.

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# Turkeys in Bulgaria

Bulgaria had 32,000 turkeys in 2020. Over ten years it fell by 87%. The record was 1.5 million head in 1974.

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Animals, 202032,000 head
World rank—
10-year change−87%
Record1.5 million head1974

## Turkeys in Bulgaria, 1961–2020 (head)

## By year

| Year | Head | Change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2020 | 32,000 | −8.6% |
| 2019 | 35,000 | +17% |
| 2018 | 30,000 | −6.3% |
| 2017 | 32,000 | +14% |
| 2016 | 28,000 | −38% |
| 2015 | 45,000 | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 43,000 | −8.5% |
| 2013 | 47,000 | −44% |
| 2012 | 84,000 | −47% |
| 2011 | 158,000 | −36% |
| 2010 | 247,000 | −25% |
| 2009 | 331,000 | +22% |
| 2008 | 271,000 | −48% |
| 2007 | 521,000 | +20% |
| 2006 | 434,000 | −26% |
| 2005 | 589,000 | −37% |
| 2004 | 930,000 | 0.0% |
| 2003 | 930,000 | +16% |
| 2002 | 800,000 | +14% |
| 2001 | 700,000 | +17% |
| 2000 | 600,000 | +20% |
| 1999 | 500,000 | +11% |
| 1998 | 450,000 | −10.0% |
| 1997 | 500,000 | −12% |
| 1996 | 570,000 | −3.1% |
| 1995 | 588,000 | +18% |
| 1994 | 500,000 | +25% |
| 1993 | 400,000 | 0.0% |
| 1992 | 400,000 | −20% |
| 1991 | 500,000 | −17% |
| 1990 | 605,000 | −4.6% |
| 1989 | 634,000 | +19% |
| 1988 | 532,000 | −7.3% |
| 1987 | 574,000 | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 556,000 | −15% |
| 1985 | 657,000 | −12% |
| 1984 | 749,000 | −3.0% |
| 1983 | 772,000 | −4.3% |
| 1982 | 807,000 | −0.4% |
| 1981 | 810,000 | −6.9% |
| 1980 | 870,000 | −7.5% |
| 1979 | 941,000 | −6.0% |
| 1978 | 1,001,000 | −3.8% |
| 1977 | 1,041,000 | −0.5% |
| 1976 | 1,046,000 | −17% |
| 1975 | 1,256,000 | −15% |
| 1974 | 1,478,000 | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 1,434,000 | −1.7% |
| 1972 | 1,459,000 | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 1,375,000 | +17% |
| 1970 | 1,172,000 | +5.7% |
| 1969 | 1,109,000 | −14% |
| 1968 | 1,293,000 | +27% |
| 1967 | 1,021,000 | +21% |
| 1966 | 847,000 | −0.4% |
| 1965 | 850,000 | +21% |
| 1964 | 700,000 | +47% |
| 1963 | 477,000 | +5.3% |
| 1962 | 453,000 | +13% |
| 1961 | 402,000 | — |

## Other large producers

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## Other products of Bulgaria

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[Agricultural production in Bulgaria](https://husfarm.com/production/country/bulgaria/)

Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. [fao.org/faostat](https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL). Licence: [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.

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