Algeria vs Bulgaria: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Algeria
-4.64 million tonnes
in 2024
Bulgaria
-2.88 million tonnes
in 2024
Algeria rank
202nd
Bulgaria rank
199th
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Algeria
- Bulgaria
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports -2.88 million tonnes against -4.64 million tonnes in Algeria, a difference of 1.76 million tonnes.
The two have swapped places 40 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1917 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Algeria ranks 202nd and Bulgaria ranks 199th of 215 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 7 and Bulgaria in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Bulgaria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 4,885 tonnes | -29,312 tonnes | 34,197 tonnes | Algeria |
| 1920s | 6,206 tonnes | 164,818 tonnes | 158,612 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1930s | 8,084 tonnes | 100,018 tonnes | 91,935 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1940s | 74,695 tonnes | 396,882 tonnes | 322,187 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 474,885 tonnes | 1.22 million tonnes | 742,082 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 560,595 tonnes | 4.67 million tonnes | 4.11 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 3.40 million tonnes | 1.26 million tonnes | 2.14 million tonnes | Algeria |
| 1980s | 3.36 million tonnes | 753,574 tonnes | 2.61 million tonnes | Algeria |
| 1990s | 1.17 million tonnes | -4.01 million tonnes | 5.18 million tonnes | Algeria |
| 2000s | 2.57 million tonnes | -62,106 tonnes | 2.63 million tonnes | Algeria |
| 2010s | 6.61 million tonnes | -355,527 tonnes | 6.97 million tonnes | Algeria |
| 2020s | 3.16 million tonnes | -2.11 million tonnes | 5.27 million tonnes | Algeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Algeria or Bulgaria?
- Bulgaria, at -2.88 million tonnes against -4.64 million tonnes in Algeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Algeria and Bulgaria?
- 1.76 million tonnes, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Bulgaria?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1917 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and Bulgaria rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
- Algeria ranks 202nd and Bulgaria ranks 199th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.