Bulgaria vs Romania: CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type

Bulgaria

953,482 tonnes

in 2024

Romania

634,697 tonnes

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

25th

Romania rank

28th

CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type over time

Bulgaria currently reports 953,482 tonnes against 634,697 tonnes in Romania, a difference of 318,785 tonnes.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.5 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Romania ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 25th and Romania ranks 28th of 46 countries.

Indicator: CO₂ emissions by fuel or industry type
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 46 places, 1,734 data points, 1904–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from other industry sources, measured in tonnes.