CO₂ emissions per capita: Bulgaria
4.6793866 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 144 years from 1881 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.6793866 |
| 2023 | 5.076801 |
| 2022 | 6.8755846 |
| 2021 | 6.1601954 |
| 2020 | 5.274422 |
| 2019 | 6.0490556 |
| 2018 | 6.192869 |
| 2017 | 6.705518 |
| 2016 | 6.3618603 |
| 2015 | 6.7052627 |
| 2014 | 6.253115 |
| 2013 | 5.861707 |
| 2012 | 6.5978446 |
| 2011 | 7.1978717 |
| 2010 | 6.4289203 |
| 2009 | 6.1097956 |
| 2008 | 7.1694345 |
| 2007 | 7.3375487 |
| 2006 | 6.784753 |
| 2005 | 6.5757046 |
| 2004 | 6.3923783 |
| 2003 | 6.4695783 |
| 2002 | 5.868906 |
| 2001 | 6.1827483 |
| 2000 | 5.687045 |
| 1999 | 5.7479424 |
| 1998 | 6.5264907 |
| 1997 | 6.7914696 |
| 1996 | 7.050726 |
| 1995 | 6.9298277 |
| 1994 | 6.698713 |
| 1993 | 6.896467 |
| 1992 | 6.7011375 |
| 1991 | 7.0747633 |
| 1990 | 8.686779 |
| 1989 | 9.675856 |
| 1988 | 9.67279 |
| 1987 | 10.168741 |
| 1986 | 10.171546 |
| 1985 | 9.959011 |
| 1984 | 9.722857 |
| 1983 | 10.081495 |
| 1982 | 10.080424 |
| 1981 | 9.011264 |
| 1980 | 8.719879 |
| 1979 | 8.944078 |
| 1978 | 9.213704 |
| 1977 | 8.608579 |
| 1976 | 8.330261 |
| 1975 | 8.36003 |
| 1974 | 8.192857 |
| 1973 | 7.967406 |
| 1972 | 7.701585 |
| 1971 | 7.521057 |
| 1970 | 7.204717 |
| 1969 | 7.860766 |
| 1968 | 7.103814 |
| 1967 | 6.630589 |
| 1966 | 5.898688 |
| 1965 | 5.6409154 |
| 1964 | 5.2601566 |
| 1963 | 4.257519 |
| 1962 | 3.8340104 |
| 1961 | 3.2683337 |
| 1960 | 2.8323648 |
| 1959 | 2.5175533 |
| 1958 | 2.0229213 |
| 1957 | 1.8809785 |
| 1956 | 1.7090815 |
| 1955 | 1.60501 |
| 1954 | 1.5237406 |
| 1953 | 1.4274876 |
| 1952 | 1.2806922 |
| 1951 | 1.116219 |
| 1950 | 1.034388 |
| 1949 | 1.0498933 |
| 1948 | 0.8836286 |
| 1947 | 0.84665793 |
| 1946 | 0.71882576 |
| 1945 | 0.7589128 |
| 1944 | 0.6448091 |
| 1943 | 0.8609498 |
| 1942 | 0.799241 |
| 1941 | 0.66653836 |
| 1940 | 0.62356925 |
| 1939 | 0.5348451 |
| 1938 | 0.49179602 |
| 1937 | 0.4365586 |
| 1936 | 0.39752525 |
| 1935 | 0.39511618 |
| 1934 | 0.3937859 |
| 1933 | 0.38283962 |
| 1932 | 0.43437293 |
| 1931 | 0.37898394 |
| 1930 | 0.40549195 |
| 1929 | 0.42515448 |
| 1928 | 0.37204692 |
| 1927 | 0.32155058 |
| 1926 | 0.32055017 |
| 1925 | 0.33149645 |
| 1924 | 0.3434094 |
| 1923 | 0.3042359 |
| 1922 | 0.29115602 |
| 1921 | 0.26788467 |
| 1920 | 0.21871549 |
| 1919 | 0.16854392 |
| 1918 | 0.29048544 |
| 1917 | 0.23553593 |
| 1916 | 0.19302687 |
| 1915 | 0.16113916 |
| 1914 | 0.25308168 |
| 1913 | 0.17037946 |
| 1912 | 0.1963656 |
| 1911 | 0.1986302 |
| 1910 | 0.14189442 |
| 1909 | 0.13693163 |
| 1908 | 0.13688934 |
| 1907 | 0.10539695 |
| 1906 | 0.073982544 |
| 1905 | 0.08532597 |
| 1904 | 0.07225926 |
| 1903 | 0.057080016 |
| 1902 | 0.058673482 |
| 1901 | 0.06764171 |
| 1900 | 0.05464138 |
| 1899 | 0.037553634 |
| 1898 | 0.03809018 |
| 1897 | 0.02899199 |
| 1896 | 0.028441899 |
| 1895 | 0.022892447 |
| 1894 | 0.0222224 |
| 1893 | 0.017426936 |
| 1892 | 0.013524441 |
| 1891 | 0.011612405 |
| 1890 | 0.009639946 |
| 1889 | 0.00760643 |
| 1888 | 0.005511261 |
| 1887 | 0.003353877 |
| 1886 | 0.00226778 |
| 1885 | 0.0023000953 |
| 1884 | 0.0034993063 |
| 1883 | 0.0023661142 |
| 1882 | 0.0011999157 |
| 1881 | 0.0012170142 |