Environment in Bulgaria

3,332 indicators covering environment for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -57.3% 2024 down 40.1% 193rd
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -42.8% 2024 down 0.3% 192nd
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF -53.7% 2024 down 34.4% 196th
Coal rents 0.1% 2021 down 86.2% 30th
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 3,647 t 2024 up 264.0% 70th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 304 t 2024 up 86.5% 91st
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 1,083 t 2024 up 482.3% 65th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0.9945 t per square kilometre 2023 down 19.3% 7th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 2,248 t 2024 up 244.8% 55th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 58th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 78th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate 0.1751 % change on previous year 2024 down 91.7% 59th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 11 t 2024 71st
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 44 t 2024 58th
Forest land — Share in Land area 36.35 % 2024 up 3.5% 110th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 88.4% 101st
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 93.4% 105th
Other land — Area 1,896 1000 ha 2024 down 8.2% 113th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.77 g/Int$ 2024 up 285.0% 93rd
Solid biofuels — Energy production 54,870 TJ 2024 up 20.4% 86th
Fuelwood — Energy production 32,030 TJ 2024 down 16.1% 95th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 96,280 t 2024 down 13.5% 35th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 65,560 1000 USD 2024 up 5.7% 37th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0069 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 546.9% 28th
Asses — Stocks 18,500 An 2017 down 73.6% 62nd
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 263,348 kg 2017 down 73.6% 68th
Asses — Manure left on pasture 242,280 kg 2017 down 73.6% 69th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 48,456 kg 2017 down 73.6% 69th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 72,684 kg 2017 down 73.6% 69th
Asses — Manure management 21,068 kg 2017 down 73.6% 43rd
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2017 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 21,068 kg 2017 down 73.6% 43rd
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 4,214 kg 2017 down 73.6% 43rd
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 6,320 kg 2017 down 73.6% 43rd
Veneer sheets — Production 11,475 m3 2024 down 46.4% 79th
Recovered paper — Export value 35,083 1000 USD 2024 up 223.3% 35th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 190,741 t 2024 up 185.6% 37th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 71,674 TJ 2024 up 46.9% 79th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 339 t 2024 down 33.5% 68th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 657 1000 USD 2024 down 27.9% 63rd
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 35,898 TJ 2024 down 10.3% 88th
Municipal water withdrawal 832.00 million cubic meters 2023 down 11.7% 60th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 12,838 TJ 2024 down 60.5% 99th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 43,548 TJ 2024 down 2.3% 86th
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2017 down 100.0% 42nd
Asses — Share in total livestock 1.06 %LSU 2017 down 64.4% 41st
Asses — Stocks 9,250 LSU 2017 down 73.6% 60th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 36,363 t 2024 up 124.7% 34th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 48,734 1000 USD 2024 up 123.4% 35th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 0.789 Mt CO2e 2024 down 9.5% 30th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0702 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 70.2% 70th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0403 t per square kilometre 2023 down 87.6% 82nd
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0179 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 92.1% 93rd
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0163 t per square kilometre 2023 down 94.9% 92nd
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 19.68 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 17.4% 87th
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year 2024 up 2,833.4% 49th
Charcoal — Energy production 29.88 TJ 2024 down 83.1% 115th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 96,279 t 2024 down 11.5% 33rd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 65,558 1000 USD 2024 up 8.0% 35th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 25 m3 2024 down 94.3% 131st