Azerbaijan vs Bulgaria: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Azerbaijan
-2.92 million tonnes
in 2024
Bulgaria
-2.88 million tonnes
in 2024
Azerbaijan rank
200th
Bulgaria rank
199th
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time
- Azerbaijan
- Bulgaria
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports -2.88 million tonnes against -2.92 million tonnes in Azerbaijan, a difference of 38,940 tonnes.
The two have swapped places 61 times across 143 shared years of data; in 1882 it was Azerbaijan ahead.
Azerbaijan ranks 200th and Bulgaria ranks 199th of 215 countries.
Across the 15 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 8 and Bulgaria in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | Bulgaria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15,278 tonnes | 2,748 tonnes | 12,530 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1890s | 56,558 tonnes | 12,091 tonnes | 44,467 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1900s | 42,525 tonnes | 45,800 tonnes | 3,275 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | -85,626 tonnes | 23,083 tonnes | 108,709 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1920s | 106,555 tonnes | 164,818 tonnes | 58,262 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1930s | 384,778 tonnes | 100,018 tonnes | 284,760 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1940s | 267,996 tonnes | 396,882 tonnes | 128,886 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 1.03 million tonnes | 1.22 million tonnes | 185,633 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 1.14 million tonnes | 4.67 million tonnes | 3.53 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 1.49 million tonnes | 1.26 million tonnes | 226,340 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 1980s | 691,066 tonnes | 753,574 tonnes | 62,508 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | -2.28 million tonnes | -4.01 million tonnes | 1.73 million tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 2000s | 28,099 tonnes | -62,106 tonnes | 90,205 tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 2010s | 864,999 tonnes | -355,527 tonnes | 1.22 million tonnes | Azerbaijan |
| 2020s | 415,516 tonnes | -2.11 million tonnes | 2.53 million tonnes | Azerbaijan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Azerbaijan or Bulgaria?
- Bulgaria, at -2.88 million tonnes against -2.92 million tonnes in Azerbaijan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria?
- 38,940 tonnes, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Bulgaria?
- 143 years are reported by both, from 1882 to 2024.
- How do Azerbaijan and Bulgaria rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
- Azerbaijan ranks 200th 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.