Bulgaria vs Saudi Arabia: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Bulgaria
0.3391 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Saudi Arabia
0.3657 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
30th
Saudi Arabia rank
28th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- Bulgaria
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.3657 kilograms per international-$ against 0.3391 kilograms per international-$ in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0266 kilograms per international-$.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 30th and Saudi Arabia ranks 28th of 164 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 6 and Saudi Arabia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4662 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0905 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3757 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 0.8574 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2373 kilograms per international-$ | 0.6201 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 0.9304 kilograms per international-$ | 0.6937 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2367 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 0.9721 kilograms per international-$ | 0.8874 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0846 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 0.8424 kilograms per international-$ | 0.7454 kilograms per international-$ | 0.097 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 0.5807 kilograms per international-$ | 0.5605 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0201 kilograms per international-$ | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.4029 kilograms per international-$ | 0.4082 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0053 kilograms per international-$ | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 0.3165 kilograms per international-$ | 0.3951 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0786 kilograms per international-$ | Saudi Arabia |
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 Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 0.3657 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 Saudi Arabia?
- 0.0266 kilograms per international-$, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Saudi Arabia?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2022.
- How do Bulgaria and Saudi Arabia rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- Bulgaria ranks 30th and Saudi Arabia ranks 28th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).