Azerbaijan vs Bulgaria: Per capita methane emissions
Azerbaijan
1.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Bulgaria
1.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Azerbaijan rank
62nd
Bulgaria rank
59th
Per capita methane emissions over time
- Azerbaijan
- Bulgaria
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Azerbaijan, a difference of 0.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Azerbaijan's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Bulgaria ahead.
Azerbaijan ranks 62nd and Bulgaria ranks 59th of 199 countries.
Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Azerbaijan | Bulgaria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.5545 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1860s | 0.5218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1870s | 0.5085 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1880s | 0.499 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1890s | 0.495 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1900s | 0.4868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1910s | 0.489 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1920s | 0.5145 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1930s | 0.5919 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1940s | 0.714 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8985 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1950s | 0.9163 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7557 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1960s | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8763 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9082 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9972 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 0.8411 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.745 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 2000s | 1.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3041 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 1.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0863 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 1.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1372 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita methane emissions, Azerbaijan or Bulgaria?
- Bulgaria, at 1.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Azerbaijan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria?
- 0.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Bulgaria?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Azerbaijan and Bulgaria rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- Azerbaijan ranks 62nd and Bulgaria ranks 59th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita methane 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 per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.