Bulgaria vs Syria: Nitrous oxide emissions
Bulgaria
4.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Syria
4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
93rd
Syria rank
91st
Nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Bulgaria
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 4.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Bulgaria, a difference of 55,350 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 93rd and Syria ranks 91st of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 16 and Syria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 287,238 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 77,940 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 209,297 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1860s | 309,241 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 83,227 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 226,014 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1870s | 369,396 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 103,625 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 265,771 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1880s | 457,160 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 134,958 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 322,202 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1890s | 435,940 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 147,391 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 288,549 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1900s | 407,215 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 157,340 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 249,874 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | 597,807 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 171,913 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 425,894 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1920s | 1.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 224,210 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1930s | 1.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 348,231 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1940s | 2.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 586,964 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 3.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 881,912 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 6.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 8.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 9.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.50 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 4.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 74,552 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 3.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Syria |
| 2010s | 3.85 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 455,817 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Syria |
| 2020s | 4.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.99 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 50,218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, Bulgaria or Syria?
- Syria, at 4.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 4.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between Bulgaria and Syria?
- 55,350 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Syria?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Syria rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
- Bulgaria ranks 93rd and Syria ranks 91st of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.