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Bulgaria Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
46,676,574
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
−6.02%
decrease
Global Share
0.09%
Per Capita
6.92
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Bulgaria were 46,676,574 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions decreased by −6.02% over the previous year, representing a decrease by −2,988,091 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 49,664,666 tons.
  • Per capita: 6.92 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Bulgaria accounts for 0.09% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 46,676,574 34,188,472 7,372,148 3,814,557 1,301,397 6.92 −6.02% 0.088%
2023 49,664,666 36,970,581 7,627,766 3,839,726 1,226,593 7.31 −20.84% 0.095%
2022 62,743,197 49,443,077 8,215,533 3,912,215 1,172,372 9.17 6.04% 0.12%
2021 59,171,939 45,871,092 8,221,854 4,002,010 1,076,984 8.59 12.53% 0.12%
2020 52,582,538 39,415,079 8,119,670 3,986,565 1,061,223 7.58 −9.02% 0.11%
2019 57,793,554 44,635,816 8,208,072 3,932,958 1,016,707 8.27 −2.64% 0.11%
2018 59,359,613 46,313,496 8,395,173 3,860,902 790,041 8.44 −5.13% 0.12%
2017 62,568,290 49,283,244 8,616,832 3,883,558 784,655 8.83 3.75% 0.13%
2016 60,308,892 47,130,132 8,458,474 3,933,323 786,962 8.46 −3.84% 0.12%
2015 62,718,580 49,857,185 8,577,725 3,518,585 765,086 8.74 3.62% 0.13%
2014 60,525,744 47,314,974 8,428,536 3,823,148 959,086 8.38 6.1% 0.12%
2013 57,046,422 44,452,018 8,480,274 3,314,577 799,553 7.85 −8.63% 0.12%
2012 62,435,323 49,916,515 8,850,877 3,099,185 568,745 8.54 −7.23% 0.13%
2011 67,301,944 54,784,170 9,091,661 2,886,056 540,057 9.15 9.19% 0.14%
2010 61,639,710 49,509,404 8,793,737 2,856,505 480,065 8.32 5.07% 0.14%
2009 58,664,133 46,536,138 8,815,809 2,838,828 473,359 7.87 −12.34% 0.14%
2008 66,924,756 54,562,803 9,019,256 2,862,016 480,680 8.91 −4.44% 0.15%
2007 70,034,194 57,639,071 9,087,725 2,953,851 353,547 9.26 5.71% 0.16%
2006 66,251,876 54,035,593 8,946,400 2,930,231 339,651 8.69 1.96% 0.16%
2005 64,977,377 52,490,515 9,058,921 3,147,799 280,143 8.46 1.43% 0.16%
2004 64,062,473 51,463,465 9,201,296 3,191,026 206,686 8.27 −2.49% 0.16%
2003 65,696,888 53,462,926 9,134,728 2,930,432 168,802 8.42 10.3% 0.17%
2002 59,561,281 47,597,404 8,857,964 2,959,246 146,667 7.57 −5.23% 0.16%
2001 62,849,972 50,423,961 9,027,388 3,271,864 126,760 7.93 3.26% 0.17%
2000 60,864,563 48,177,919 9,364,857 3,217,381 104,406 7.61 −2.63% 0.17%
1999 62,506,705 50,119,751 9,354,380 2,948,731 83,842 7.75 −10.15% 0.18%
1998 69,565,987 56,854,802 9,492,778 3,146,673 71,733 8.55 −4.07% 0.20%
1997 72,520,172 59,327,330 9,544,743 3,586,480 61,619 8.83 −3.85% 0.21%
1996 75,420,079 61,658,624 9,864,214 3,834,080 63,161 9.1 0.8% 0.22%
1995 74,819,724 61,367,616 9,705,886 3,678,715 67,508 8.93 1.25% 0.22%
1994 73,898,104 60,021,879 9,836,320 3,988,709 51,196 8.72 −4.57% 0.23%
1993 77,435,046 62,834,305 10,577,100 3,986,098 37,544 9.03 −1.61% 0.24%
1992 78,704,467 62,024,143 12,016,517 4,635,339 28,467 9.07 −5.74% 0.24%
1991 83,494,249 64,920,970 12,826,337 5,725,522 21,420 9.52 −17.13% 0.26%
1990 100,754,617 80,054,346 14,020,413 6,666,638 13,221 11.4 −11.6% 0.31%
1989 113,969,695 91,703,649 14,900,236 7,362,266 3,543 12.81 −1.65% 0.36%
1988 115,879,660 92,859,717 15,134,667 7,882,575 2,701 12.97 −0.61% 0.37%
1987 116,589,272 93,717,040 15,492,605 7,377,257 2,371 13.01 0.06% 0.38%
1986 116,519,972 93,378,194 15,649,145 7,490,180 2,453 12.99 0.89% 0.39%
1985 115,492,339 92,280,531 15,672,906 7,538,431 472 12.87 1.29% 0.40%
1984 114,023,426 90,114,364 16,172,107 7,736,145 810 12.71 −1.74% 0.40%
1983 116,044,216 91,653,544 16,113,623 8,276,291 759 12.96 −0.94% 0.41%
1982 117,142,969 92,594,266 16,167,175 8,380,874 654 13.12 1.77% 0.42%
1981 115,106,596 90,721,887 15,854,404 8,529,414 891 12.93 −3.04% 0.41%
1980 118,717,318 94,608,413 15,875,094 8,233,724 87 13.37 3.04% 0.42%
1979 115,213,451 91,487,361 15,563,438 8,162,652 0 13.01 3.56% 0.40%
1978 111,254,211 88,210,234 15,208,561 7,835,416 0 12.6 5.86% 0.40%
1977 105,097,916 82,151,298 15,007,450 7,939,168 0 11.94 2.91% 0.39%
1976 102,128,321 79,144,785 14,968,241 8,015,295 0 11.64 0.83% 0.38%
1975 101,282,627 78,269,418 14,823,428 8,189,781 0 11.59 6.85% 0.40%
1974 94,785,389 73,162,874 14,130,099 7,492,416 0 10.9 0.95% 0.37%
1973 93,897,256 72,295,109 14,294,177 7,307,971 0 10.85 1.21% 0.37%
1972 92,777,998 71,314,697 14,118,810 7,344,491 0 10.78 3.24% 0.38%
1971 89,864,609 69,002,963 13,744,947 7,116,699 0 10.5 0.61% 0.39%
1970 89,319,116 69,065,389 13,398,280 6,855,447 0 10.5 – 0.38%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).