Bulgaria vs Congo: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Bulgaria
0.3391 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Congo
0.3686 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
30th
Congo rank
27th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- Bulgaria
- Congo
How they compare
Congo currently reports 0.3686 kilograms per international-$ against 0.3391 kilograms per international-$ in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0295 kilograms per international-$.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 30th and Congo ranks 27th of 164 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 7 and Congo in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Congo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4662 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0914 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3748 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 0.8574 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1264 kilograms per international-$ | 0.731 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 0.9304 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2139 kilograms per international-$ | 0.7165 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 0.9721 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1392 kilograms per international-$ | 0.8329 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 0.8424 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2699 kilograms per international-$ | 0.5725 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 0.5807 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2475 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3332 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.4029 kilograms per international-$ | 0.218 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1849 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 0.3165 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3426 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0261 kilograms per international-$ | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp, Bulgaria or Congo?
- Congo, at 0.3686 kilograms per international-$ against 0.3391 kilograms per international-$ in Bulgaria as of 2022.
- What is the difference in carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp between Bulgaria and Congo?
- 0.0295 kilograms per international-$, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Congo?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Congo rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Bulgaria ranks 30th and Congo ranks 27th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).