Bulgaria vs Serbia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
Bulgaria
2.22 billion tonnes
in 2024
Serbia
2.14 billion tonnes
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
31st
Serbia rank
32nd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time
- Bulgaria
- Serbia
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 2.22 billion tonnes against 2.14 billion tonnes in Serbia, a difference of 72.83 million tonnes.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 129 shared years of data; in 1885 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 31st and Serbia ranks 32nd of 179 countries.
Across the 15 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 9 and Serbia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Serbia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 32,976 tonnes | 13,049 tonnes | 19,927 tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1890s | 456,168 tonnes | 577,099 tonnes | 120,931 tonnes | Serbia |
| 1900s | 2.57 million tonnes | 3.73 million tonnes | 1.16 million tonnes | Serbia |
| 1910s | 8.00 million tonnes | 8.65 million tonnes | 650,068 tonnes | Serbia |
| 1920s | 22.61 million tonnes | 25.97 million tonnes | 3.36 million tonnes | Serbia |
| 1930s | 44.72 million tonnes | 62.07 million tonnes | 17.34 million tonnes | Serbia |
| 1940s | 88.53 million tonnes | 91.65 million tonnes | 3.12 million tonnes | Serbia |
| 1950s | 161.10 million tonnes | 156.15 million tonnes | 4.96 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 366.84 million tonnes | 296.27 million tonnes | 70.58 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 708.77 million tonnes | 528.70 million tonnes | 180.07 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 1.07 billion tonnes | 866.32 million tonnes | 205.52 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 1.43 billion tonnes | 1.23 billion tonnes | 196.50 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 1.73 billion tonnes | 1.55 billion tonnes | 174.99 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 2.02 billion tonnes | 1.87 billion tonnes | 147.28 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 2.19 billion tonnes | 2.09 billion tonnes | 93.66 million tonnes | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from coal, Bulgaria or Serbia?
- Bulgaria, at 2.22 billion tonnes against 2.14 billion tonnes in Serbia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from coal between Bulgaria and Serbia?
- 72.83 million tonnes, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?
- 129 years are reported by both, from 1885 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Serbia rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from coal?
- Bulgaria ranks 31st and Serbia ranks 32nd of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.