Environment in Bulgaria

3,311 indicators covering environment for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 81.46 % 2025 up 3.8% 173rd
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 0.6477 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 106.9% 35th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate -66.99 % change on previous year 2024 down 2,824.7% 179th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 5,938 t 2024 up 425.5% 34th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 39,981 1000 USD 2024 up 596.9% 24th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 43,032 m3 2024 down 87.5% 55th
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 1,034 m3 2024 down 36.6% 101st
Other fibreboard — Import value 674 1000 USD 2024 down 22.6% 82nd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate -2.42 % change on previous year 2024 down 120.0% 112th
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 0.674 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 59.5% 43rd
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 1.23 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 82.6% 41st
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 13,138 1000 USD 2024 down 77.7% 56th
Planted Forest — Area 734 1000 ha 2025 down 10.9% 53rd
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 18.54 % 2025 down 13.8% 71st
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 483,075 m3 2024 down 31.0% 50th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0285 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 86.0% 62nd
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.112 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 95.9% 64th
Total fibre furnish — Export value 100,674 1000 USD 2024 up 38.1% 41st
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 23.96 % change on previous year 2024 down 20.1% 38th
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 287,033 t 2024 up 61.2% 43rd
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 9,584 t 2024 up 1,532.7% 49th
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0002 t per person 2024 down 78.5% 135th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 65.8% 98th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0765 m3 per person 2024 up 16.3% 25th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 62.3% 99th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 64.9% 101st
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 60.2% 97th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.3012 t per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% 51st
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.3012 t per square kilometre 2023 up 32.5% 56th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.7351 t per square kilometre 2023 up 53.1% 12th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.7328 t per square kilometre 2023 down 14.6% 11th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 3.14 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.6% 12th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 1.92 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.2% 29th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.4% 19th
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 63.1% 26th
Emissions of air pollutants 90,824 tonnes 2022 down 26.8% 101st
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0.0005 % change on previous year 2024 down 100.0% 32nd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 54.3% 34th
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 0.077 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 71.2% 77th
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0612 t per square kilometre 2023 down 87.6% 91st
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.4169 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 29.4% 22nd
Graphic papers — Export quantity 4,323 t 2024 down 77.2% 65th
Graphic papers — Export value 18,800 1000 USD 2024 down 8.8% 51st
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0.1723 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 66.4% 42nd
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 1.6 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 8.7% 36th
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 1.06 t per square kilometre 2023 down 28.5% 38th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per square kilometre 1.96 t per square kilometre 2023 up 104.7% 17th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Production 540,651 t 2024 up 157.4% 34th
Wood pulp — Export quantity 96,280 t 2024 down 13.5% 41st
Wood pulp — Export value 65,560 1000 USD 2024 up 5.7% 42nd
Newsprint — Export quantity 1,474 t 2024 down 86.5% 43rd
Veneer sheets — Export quantity 3,724 m3 2024 down 72.8% 72nd
Veneer sheets — Export value 5,802 1000 USD 2024 up 33.7% 61st
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.7% 26th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per capita 0.0001 1000 ha per person 2024 up 570.8% 10th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 15.4 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 31.2% 82nd
Wood fuel — Production, per square kilometre 19.95 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 22.0% 80th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 23.64 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 28.8% 86th
Roundwood — Production, per square kilometre 44.78 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 16.2% 73rd
Pulp for paper — Import value, per capita 0.0004 1000 USD per person 2024 down 84.6% 83rd