Bulgaria vs Denmark: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Bulgaria

4.68 tonnes per person

in 2024

Denmark

4.75 tonnes per person

in 2024

Bulgaria rank

75th

Denmark rank

73rd

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Bulgaria
Denmark

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 4.75 tonnes per person against 4.68 tonnes per person in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0667 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 144 shared years of data; in 1881 it was Denmark ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 75th and Denmark ranks 73rd of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.