Bulgaria vs Italy: Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal
Bulgaria
0.1%
in 2024
Italy
0.1%
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
44th
Italy rank
41st
Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal over time
- Bulgaria
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 144 shared years of data; in 1881 it was Italy ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 44th and Italy ranks 41st of 179 countries.
Across the 15 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Italy in 14.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Italy |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Italy |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | Italy |
| 1910s | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.7% | Italy |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.9% | Italy |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | Italy |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | Italy |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Italy |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Italy |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Bulgaria |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Italy |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Italy |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from coal, Bulgaria or Italy?
- Italy, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from coal between Bulgaria and Italy?
- 0.0%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Italy?
- 144 years are reported by both, from 1881 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Italy rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from coal?
- Bulgaria ranks 44th and Italy ranks 41st of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global 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
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from coal in the same year.