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
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M185019372024

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

Indicator
Nitrous oxide emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 35,175 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.