Number of pigs in Bulgaria

Number of pigs in Bulgaria was 700,780 head in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 3.3% from 2023. That is the 19th highest of 27 EU countries in 2024.

2024, head700,780

Change on 2023-3.3%

Rank19th of 27EU countries ranked

Series high4,352,0001990

Series low491,8102019

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Number of pigs in Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024

head. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	head
2024	700,780
2023	724,750
2022	601,700
2021	694,660
2020	592,100
2019	491,810
2018	654,550
2017	616,426
2016	600,068
2015	553,114
2014	586,418
2013	530,945
2012	608,266
2011	664,000
2010	729,798
2009	783,649
2008	888,609
2007	1,012,655
2006	942,992
2005	931,402
2004	1,032,300
2003	996,482
2002	788,445
2001	1,143,599
2000	1,512,340
1999	1,721,500
1998	1,479,734
1997	1,500,442
1996	2,140,010
1995	1,986,180
1994	2,071,340
1993	2,679,719
1992	3,141,402
1991	4,186,575
1990	4,352,000
1989	4,118,838
1988	4,034,098
1987	4,050,255
1986	3,911,599
1985	3,733,940
1984	3,768,835
1983	3,809,800
1982	3,843,718
1981	3,807,621
1980	3,830,319
1979	3,772,270
1978	3,398,829
1977	3,456,229
1976	3,888,640
1975	3,422,472
1974	2,431,088
1973	2,598,499
1972	2,806,052
1971	2,369,129
1970	1,966,509
1969	2,139,995
1968	2,313,947
1967	2,275,798
1966	2,407,592
1965	2,607,432
1964	2,096,817
1963	2,066,156
1962	2,331,139
1961	2,553,380

Rankings

Countries by number of pigs 178 places
EU countries by number of pigs 27 places

Definition

Number of pigs (swine) present in the country, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. FAO asks for the count on one day of the year, usually the census or survey date, so the reference day differs between countries.

FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

How to cite

FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111) (Number of pigs, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

MLA 9

Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/bulgaria. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Number of pigs, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/bulgaria.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111), Number of pigs, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/bulgaria (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_number_of_pigs_bulgaria_2024,
  author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}},
  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111): Number of pigs, Bulgaria, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/pig-population/bulgaria. Publisher attribution: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production\_Crops\_Livestock\_E\_All\_Data\_\%28Normalized\%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.},
}

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Swine / pigs, stocks, head (item 1034, element 5111). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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4,352,000 head in 1990, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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