Bulgaria vs Kyrgyzstan: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Bulgaria
0.3391 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Kyrgyzstan
0.3631 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
30th
Kyrgyzstan rank
29th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- Bulgaria
- Kyrgyzstan
How they compare
Kyrgyzstan currently reports 0.3631 kilograms per international-$ against 0.3391 kilograms per international-$ in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.024 kilograms per international-$.
That makes Kyrgyzstan's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 30th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 29th of 164 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 5 and Kyrgyzstan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Kyrgyzstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9463 kilograms per international-$ | 0.8353 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1111 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 0.9721 kilograms per international-$ | 0.9162 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0558 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 0.8424 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4863 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3561 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 0.5807 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3074 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2733 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.4029 kilograms per international-$ | 0.363 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0399 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 0.3165 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3348 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0183 kilograms per international-$ | Kyrgyzstan |
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 Kyrgyzstan?
- Kyrgyzstan, at 0.3631 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- 0.024 kilograms per international-$, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Bulgaria ranks 30th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 29th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).