Bulgaria vs Greece: Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources
Bulgaria
0.0022 °C
in 2024
Greece
0.0024 °C
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
52nd
Greece rank
50th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources over time
- Bulgaria
- Greece
How they compare
Greece currently reports 0.0024 °C against 0.0022 °C in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0002 °C.
That makes Greece's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 174 shared years of data; in 1851 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 52nd and Greece ranks 50th of 214 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 15 and Greece in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1860s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1870s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Greece |
| 1880s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1890s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1900s | 0 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | 0.0001 °C | 0 °C | 0 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1920s | 0.0001 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1930s | 0.0001 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1940s | 0.0002 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0.0001 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 0.0002 °C | 0.0001 °C | 0.0001 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 0.0004 °C | 0.0002 °C | 0.0002 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 0.0008 °C | 0.0004 °C | 0.0004 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 0.0013 °C | 0.0007 °C | 0.0006 °C | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 0.0017 °C | 0.0011 °C | 0.0005 °C | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 0.0019 °C | 0.0016 °C | 0.0002 °C | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 0.0021 °C | 0.0021 °C | 0.0001 °C | Greece |
| 2020s | 0.0022 °C | 0.0023 °C | 0.0001 °C | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources, Bulgaria or Greece?
- Greece, at 0.0024 °C against 0.0022 °C in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources between Bulgaria and Greece?
- 0.0002 °C, with Greece ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Greece?
- 174 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Greece rank globally for contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources?
- Bulgaria ranks 52nd and Greece ranks 50th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in °C.