Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Bulgaria

Greenhouse gases per capita in Bulgaria in 2024 — 5.96 t/person. Ranked 122 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 120.3%.

2024 5.96 t/person −6.52% vs 2023
World rank 122of 199
Period maximum 13.3 t/person1982
Period minimum 1.79 t/person1899

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Bulgaria, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.71 t/person1853: 2.51 t/person1856: 2.39 t/person1859: 2.31 t/person1862: 2.25 t/person1865: 2.2 t/person1868: 2.17 t/person1871: 3 t/person1874: 3.42 t/person1877: 3.65 t/person1880: 3.76 t/person1883: 3.79 t/person1886: 3.78 t/person1889: 3.74 t/person1892: 2.69 t/person1895: 2.21 t/person1898: 1.88 t/person1901: 2.47 t/person1904: 2.79 t/person1907: 3.04 t/person1910: 3.1 t/person1913: 3.13 t/person1916: 3.15 t/person1919: 3.14 t/person1922: 3.76 t/person1925: 3.95 t/person1928: 4.08 t/person1931: 3.94 t/person1934: 3.82 t/person1937: 3.78 t/person1940: 3.84 t/person1943: 4.01 t/person1946: 3.91 t/person1949: 4.33 t/person1952: 4.51 t/person1955: 4.84 t/person1958: 5.26 t/person1961: 6.22 t/person1964: 8.7 t/person1967: 10.21 t/person1970: 10.48 t/person1973: 11.31 t/person1976: 11.8 t/person1979: 12.01 t/person1982: 13.3 t/person1985: 13.07 t/person1988: 12.71 t/person1991: 10.34 t/person1994: 8.92 t/person1997: 8.19 t/person2000: 6.85 t/person2003: 7.65 t/person2006: 7.48 t/person2009: 7.29 t/person2012: 8.44 t/person2015: 8.28 t/person2018: 7.77 t/person2021: 7.61 t/person2024: 5.96 t/person
Change over the period: +3.26 (+120.33%) Average annual rate: 0.46 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 5.96 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.76 t/person
Eastern Europe computed 12.91 t/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.99 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 5.96 −0.42 −6.52%
2023 6.38 −1.92 −23.16%
2022 8.3 +0.69 +9.03%
2021 7.61 +0.78 +11.34%
2020 6.84 −0.78 −10.22%
2019 7.61 −0.15 −1.94%
2018 7.77 −0.59 −7.04%
2017 8.35 +0.4 +5.08%
2016 7.95 −0.33 −4.02%
2015 8.28 +0.61 +7.91%
2014 7.68 +0.41 +5.6%
2013 7.27 −1.18 −13.92%
2012 8.44 −0.59 −6.49%
2011 9.03 +1.23 +15.83%
2010 7.8 +0.51 +7%
2009 7.29 −0.86 −10.59%
2008 8.15 −0.01 −0.09%
2007 8.16 +0.67 +9.02%
2006 7.48 +0.09 +1.22%
2005 7.39 +0.27 +3.75%
2004 7.12 −0.52 −6.86%
2003 7.65 +0.73 +10.62%
2002 6.91 −0.23 −3.26%
2001 7.15 +0.3 +4.35%
2000 6.85 −0.21 −2.91%
1999 7.05 −1.07 −13.17%
1998 8.12 −0.06 −0.79%
1997 8.19 −1.99 −19.57%
1996 10.18 +0.45 +4.66%
1995 9.73 +0.81 +9.07%
1994 8.92 −0.15 −1.69%
1993 9.07 −0.25 −2.72%
1992 9.33 −1.02 −9.82%
1991 10.34 −1.18 −10.24%
1990 11.52 −1.14 −9.01%
1989 12.66 −0.04 −0.35%
1988 12.71 −0.51 −3.85%
1987 13.22 −0.04 −0.26%
1986 13.25 +0.19 +1.42%
1985 13.07 +0.18 +1.42%
1984 12.88 −0.41 −3.06%
1983 13.29 −0.01 −0.07%
1982 13.3 +1.12 +9.2%
1981 12.18 +0.3 +2.55%
1980 11.88 −0.13 −1.11%
1979 12.01 −0.38 −3.1%
1978 12.39 +0.53 +4.49%
1977 11.86 +0.06 +0.53%
1976 11.8 −0.45 −3.63%
1975 12.24 +1.15 +10.38%
1974 11.09 −0.21 −1.88%
1973 11.31 +0.33 +3.01%
1972 10.98 +0.16 +1.45%
1971 10.82 +0.34 +3.24%
1970 10.48 −1.02 −8.83%
1969 11.49 +0.36 +3.24%
1968 11.13 +0.92 +9.02%
1967 10.21 +0.7 +7.3%
1966 9.52 +0.41 +4.56%
1965 9.1 +0.4 +4.57%
1964 8.7 +0.93 +11.91%
1963 7.78 +0.82 +11.75%
1962 6.96 +0.74 +11.97%
1961 6.22 +0.06 +0.93%
1960 6.16 +0.3 +5.19%
1959 5.86 +0.59 +11.27%
1958 5.26 +0.13 +2.57%
1957 5.13 +0.17 +3.41%
1956 4.96 +0.12 +2.52%
1955 4.84 +0.08 +1.62%
1954 4.76 +0.11 +2.36%
1953 4.65 +0.15 +3.24%
1952 4.51 +0.19 +4.4%
1951 4.32 +0.08 +1.84%
1950 4.24 −0.1 −2.22%
1949 4.33 +0.21 +5.09%
1948 4.12 +0.05 +1.18%
1947 4.08 +0.17 +4.35%
1946 3.91 −0.01 −0.38%
1945 3.92 +0.13 +3.4%
1944 3.79 −0.22 −5.37%
1943 4.01 +0.06 +1.52%
1942 3.95 +0.12 +3.22%
1941 3.82 −0.02 −0.42%
1940 3.84 +0.02 +0.6%
1939 3.82 +0.03 +0.69%
1938 3.79 +0.02 +0.4%
1937 3.78 +0.01 +0.29%
1936 3.77 −0.04 −1.05%
1935 3.81 −0.02 −0.44%
1934 3.82 −0.06 −1.49%
1933 3.88 −0.05 −1.37%
1932 3.93 −0 −0.03%
1931 3.94 −0.07 −1.75%
1930 4.01 −0.16 −3.93%
1929 4.17 +0.09 +2.11%
1928 4.08 +0.08 +1.95%
1927 4.01 +0.04 +1.03%
1926 3.96 +0.01 +0.25%
1925 3.95 +0.02 +0.61%
1924 3.93 +0.12 +3.12%
1923 3.81 +0.06 +1.46%
1922 3.76 +0.13 +3.53%
1921 3.63 +0.19 +5.37%
1920 3.44 +0.3 +9.51%
1919 3.14 −0.12 −3.76%
1918 3.27 +0.06 +1.78%
1917 3.21 +0.06 +1.84%
1916 3.15 +0.02 +0.67%
1915 3.13 −0.11 −3.39%
1914 3.24 +0.11 +3.48%
1913 3.13 −0.04 −1.42%
1912 3.18 +0.02 +0.51%
1911 3.16 +0.06 +1.84%
1910 3.1 −0.07 −2.14%
1909 3.17 +0.04 +1.28%
1908 3.13 +0.1 +3.13%
1907 3.04 +0.1 +3.3%
1906 2.94 +0.05 +1.87%
1905 2.89 +0.09 +3.37%
1904 2.79 +0.12 +4.33%
1903 2.68 +0.08 +3%
1902 2.6 +0.13 +5.35%
1901 2.47 +0.24 +10.68%
1900 2.23 +0.44 +24.68%
1899 1.79 −0.1 −5.05%
1898 1.88 −0.09 −4.76%
1897 1.98 −0.11 −5.18%
1896 2.08 −0.12 −5.57%
1895 2.21 −0.15 −6.2%
1894 2.35 −0.16 −6.29%
1893 2.51 −0.18 −6.55%
1892 2.69 −0.22 −7.66%
1891 2.91 −0.31 −9.74%
1890 3.22 −0.51 −13.68%
1889 3.74 −0.02 −0.53%
1888 3.76 −0.01 −0.35%
1887 3.77 −0.01 −0.26%
1886 3.78 −0.01 −0.34%
1885 3.79 −0 −0.13%
1884 3.8 +0 +0.13%
1883 3.79 +0.01 +0.21%
1882 3.78 +0.01 +0.24%
1881 3.77 +0.02 +0.48%
1880 3.76 +0.02 +0.43%
1879 3.74 +0.04 +1%
1878 3.7 +0.05 +1.4%
1877 3.65 +0.07 +1.93%
1876 3.58 +0.08 +2.14%
1875 3.51 +0.09 +2.57%
1874 3.42 +0.1 +3.14%
1873 3.32 +0.13 +4.18%
1872 3.18 +0.18 +6.1%
1871 3 +0.3 +11.03%
1870 2.7 +0.56 +26.03%
1869 2.14 −0.02 −0.97%
1868 2.17 −0.02 −0.69%
1867 2.18 −0.01 −0.37%
1866 2.19 −0.01 −0.68%
1865 2.2 −0.01 −0.32%
1864 2.21 −0.02 −0.81%
1863 2.23 −0.02 −0.85%
1862 2.25 −0.02 −1.06%
1861 2.27 −0.02 −0.92%
1860 2.29 −0.02 −0.95%
1859 2.31 −0.03 −1.2%
1858 2.34 −0.03 −1.26%
1857 2.37 −0.02 −0.92%
1856 2.39 −0.03 −1.36%
1855 2.43 −0.04 −1.54%
1854 2.47 −0.04 −1.71%
1853 2.51 −0.04 −1.61%
1852 2.55 −0.06 −2.34%
1851 2.61 −0.1 −3.51%
1850 2.71

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.