Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Bulgaria

Methane emissions in Bulgaria in 2024 — 8.96 Mt. Ranked 93 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 122.2%.

2024 8.96 Mt +1.76% vs 2023
World rank 93of 199
Period maximum 18.83 Mt1982
Period minimum 4.03 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Bulgaria, 1850–202405101520185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 4.03 Mt1853: 4.06 Mt1856: 4.08 Mt1859: 4.1 Mt1862: 4.12 Mt1865: 4.14 Mt1868: 4.16 Mt1871: 4.25 Mt1874: 4.45 Mt1877: 4.66 Mt1880: 4.87 Mt1883: 5.08 Mt1886: 5.29 Mt1889: 5.5 Mt1892: 5.68 Mt1895: 5.83 Mt1898: 6 Mt1901: 6.21 Mt1904: 6.51 Mt1907: 6.81 Mt1910: 7.1 Mt1913: 7.37 Mt1916: 7.63 Mt1919: 7.86 Mt1922: 8.31 Mt1925: 8.8 Mt1928: 9.28 Mt1931: 9.71 Mt1934: 10.06 Mt1937: 10.29 Mt1940: 10.54 Mt1943: 10.92 Mt1946: 11.1 Mt1949: 11.67 Mt1952: 12.06 Mt1955: 12.6 Mt1958: 13.25 Mt1961: 14.23 Mt1964: 15.81 Mt1967: 16.54 Mt1970: 15.92 Mt1973: 16.93 Mt1976: 17.67 Mt1979: 18.27 Mt1982: 18.83 Mt1985: 18.27 Mt1988: 17.7 Mt1991: 15.57 Mt1994: 12.64 Mt1997: 12.06 Mt2000: 11.45 Mt2003: 10.89 Mt2006: 10.64 Mt2009: 10.18 Mt2012: 9.58 Mt2015: 10.24 Mt2018: 9.61 Mt2021: 9.5 Mt2024: 8.96 Mt
Change over the period: +4.93 (+122.22%) Average annual rate: 0.46 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bulgaria 8.96 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 1,323.91 Mt
Eastern Europe computed 650.13 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 8.96 +0.15 +1.76%
2023 8.81 −0.58 −6.19%
2022 9.39 −0.11 −1.17%
2021 9.5 +0.01 +0.06%
2020 9.49 +0.17 +1.85%
2019 9.32 −0.28 −2.96%
2018 9.61 −0.64 −6.25%
2017 10.25 +0.23 +2.27%
2016 10.02 −0.22 −2.14%
2015 10.24 +1.91 +22.89%
2014 8.33 −0.95 −10.28%
2013 9.28 −0.3 −3.09%
2012 9.58 −0.64 −6.29%
2011 10.22 +0.22 +2.19%
2010 10 −0.18 −1.75%
2009 10.18 −0.24 −2.34%
2008 10.43 −0.22 −2.05%
2007 10.64 +0.01 +0.05%
2006 10.64 −0.01 −0.13%
2005 10.65 −0.21 −1.95%
2004 10.87 −0.02 −0.22%
2003 10.89 +0.13 +1.19%
2002 10.76 −0.38 −3.38%
2001 11.14 −0.31 −2.72%
2000 11.45 −0.19 −1.59%
1999 11.64 −0.27 −2.3%
1998 11.91 −0.15 −1.24%
1997 12.06 −0.39 −3.1%
1996 12.44 +0.02 +0.19%
1995 12.42 −0.22 −1.77%
1994 12.64 −0.9 −6.62%
1993 13.54 −1.3 −8.78%
1992 14.84 −0.72 −4.64%
1991 15.57 −0.97 −5.87%
1990 16.54 −0.89 −5.1%
1989 17.43 −0.27 −1.53%
1988 17.7 −0.35 −1.92%
1987 18.04 −0.19 −1.04%
1986 18.23 −0.04 −0.24%
1985 18.27 −0.48 −2.56%
1984 18.75 +0.01 +0.03%
1983 18.75 −0.09 −0.45%
1982 18.83 +0.28 +1.5%
1981 18.56 −0.05 −0.26%
1980 18.6 +0.34 +1.85%
1979 18.27 +0.35 +1.96%
1978 17.92 +0.25 +1.4%
1977 17.67 −0 −0.01%
1976 17.67 +0.19 +1.08%
1975 17.48 +0.7 +4.18%
1974 16.78 −0.15 −0.86%
1973 16.93 +0.15 +0.91%
1972 16.77 +0.37 +2.24%
1971 16.41 +0.49 +3.05%
1970 15.92 −0.99 −5.87%
1969 16.91 +0.13 +0.77%
1968 16.78 +0.24 +1.46%
1967 16.54 +0.21 +1.29%
1966 16.33 +0.06 +0.38%
1965 16.27 +0.46 +2.89%
1964 15.81 +0.51 +3.3%
1963 15.31 +0.21 +1.38%
1962 15.1 +0.87 +6.09%
1961 14.23 +0.24 +1.75%
1960 13.98 +0.32 +2.32%
1959 13.67 +0.42 +3.18%
1958 13.25 +0.24 +1.83%
1957 13.01 +0.23 +1.81%
1956 12.78 +0.18 +1.41%
1955 12.6 +0.16 +1.3%
1954 12.44 +0.17 +1.39%
1953 12.27 +0.2 +1.69%
1952 12.06 +0.2 +1.71%
1951 11.86 +0.14 +1.22%
1950 11.72 +0.05 +0.39%
1949 11.67 +0.25 +2.18%
1948 11.42 +0.12 +1.08%
1947 11.3 +0.2 +1.78%
1946 11.1 +0.09 +0.81%
1945 11.01 +0.17 +1.59%
1944 10.84 −0.08 −0.71%
1943 10.92 +0.12 +1.07%
1942 10.8 +0.16 +1.53%
1941 10.64 +0.1 +0.99%
1940 10.54 +0.1 +0.99%
1939 10.43 +0.07 +0.66%
1938 10.37 +0.08 +0.73%
1937 10.29 +0.07 +0.68%
1936 10.22 +0.05 +0.51%
1935 10.17 +0.11 +1.05%
1934 10.06 +0.12 +1.2%
1933 9.94 +0.08 +0.84%
1932 9.86 +0.15 +1.53%
1931 9.71 +0.11 +1.12%
1930 9.6 +0.14 +1.47%
1929 9.47 +0.18 +1.95%
1928 9.28 +0.18 +1.92%
1927 9.11 +0.16 +1.74%
1926 8.95 +0.15 +1.73%
1925 8.8 +0.15 +1.75%
1924 8.65 +0.18 +2.09%
1923 8.47 +0.16 +1.97%
1922 8.31 +0.17 +2.05%
1921 8.14 +0.18 +2.21%
1920 7.97 +0.11 +1.36%
1919 7.86 +0.02 +0.28%
1918 7.84 +0.11 +1.41%
1917 7.73 +0.1 +1.34%
1916 7.63 +0.1 +1.29%
1915 7.53 +0.04 +0.52%
1914 7.49 +0.12 +1.63%
1913 7.37 +0.07 +1%
1912 7.3 +0.08 +1.16%
1911 7.21 +0.11 +1.55%
1910 7.1 +0.1 +1.37%
1909 7.01 +0.09 +1.36%
1908 6.91 +0.11 +1.59%
1907 6.81 +0.11 +1.6%
1906 6.7 +0.09 +1.35%
1905 6.61 +0.1 +1.6%
1904 6.51 +0.1 +1.62%
1903 6.4 +0.1 +1.54%
1902 6.3 +0.1 +1.53%
1901 6.21 +0.1 +1.67%
1900 6.11 +0.06 +0.98%
1899 6.05 +0.05 +0.88%
1898 6 +0.06 +0.96%
1897 5.94 +0.05 +0.92%
1896 5.88 +0.06 +0.94%
1895 5.83 +0.05 +0.92%
1894 5.78 +0.05 +0.94%
1893 5.72 +0.04 +0.77%
1892 5.68 +0.05 +0.96%
1891 5.62 +0.05 +0.86%
1890 5.58 +0.07 +1.31%
1889 5.5 +0.07 +1.31%
1888 5.43 +0.07 +1.32%
1887 5.36 +0.07 +1.34%
1886 5.29 +0.07 +1.36%
1885 5.22 +0.07 +1.34%
1884 5.15 +0.07 +1.4%
1883 5.08 +0.07 +1.4%
1882 5.01 +0.07 +1.42%
1881 4.94 +0.07 +1.44%
1880 4.87 +0.07 +1.46%
1879 4.8 +0.07 +1.48%
1878 4.73 +0.07 +1.48%
1877 4.66 +0.07 +1.5%
1876 4.59 +0.07 +1.55%
1875 4.52 +0.07 +1.55%
1874 4.45 +0.07 +1.57%
1873 4.38 +0.07 +1.6%
1872 4.32 +0.07 +1.63%
1871 4.25 +0.07 +1.65%
1870 4.18 +0.01 +0.17%
1869 4.17 +0.01 +0.17%
1868 4.16 +0.01 +0.17%
1867 4.16 +0.01 +0.17%
1866 4.15 +0.01 +0.19%
1865 4.14 +0.01 +0.17%
1864 4.13 +0.01 +0.17%
1863 4.13 +0.01 +0.17%
1862 4.12 +0.01 +0.17%
1861 4.11 +0.01 +0.19%
1860 4.11 +0.01 +0.17%
1859 4.1 +0.01 +0.17%
1858 4.09 +0.01 +0.17%
1857 4.08 +0.01 +0.2%
1856 4.08 +0.01 +0.17%
1855 4.07 +0.01 +0.17%
1854 4.06 +0.01 +0.17%
1853 4.06 +0.01 +0.17%
1852 4.05 +0.01 +0.17%
1851 4.04 +0.01 +0.2%
1850 4.03

About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

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