Environment in Bulgaria

3,332 indicators covering environment for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Credit to Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing — Ratio of Value Added 0.4591 2024 up 13.4% 23rd
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Import value 7,400 1000 USD 2024 up 505.6% 30th
Other vegetal material and residues — Energy production 19,306 TJ 2024 up 701.1% 29th
Forest rents 0.2% 2021 down 39.0% 99th
Water withdrawals per capita 773.12 cubic meters per person 2023 up 2.7% 35th
Superphosphates above 35% — Import quantity 24 t 2024 down 99.6% 110th
Superphosphates above 35% — Import value 42.19 1000 USD 2024 down 97.6% 97th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Production 359,758 t 2024 up 23.5% 52nd
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 11.4 2022 up 33.2% 127th
Exported deforestation 57.92 hectares 2023 down 55.9% 92nd
Imported deforestation 1,207 hectares 2023 up 47.8% 131st
Deforestation embedded in trade 1,149 hectares 2023 up 67.7% 99th
Consumption-based deforestation per person 1.82 square meters 2023 up 57.8% 123rd
Dissolving wood pulp — Production 0 t 2024 29th
Other vegetal material and residues — Energy consumption 19,306 TJ 2024 up 701.1% 24th
Percent of arable land equipped for irrigation (percent) (3-year) 6.9 % 2021 up 527.3% 29th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 0.1719 Percentage of GDP 2021 down 39.0% 83rd
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 1,981 Square kilometres 2024 up 166.6% 34th
Industrial water withdrawal 3.67 billion cubic meters 2023 down 0.8% 25th
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 17,866 1000 USD 2024 up 169.9% 59th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 21,106 1000 USD 2024 down 17.8% 80th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 2,327 t 2024 down 0.1% 84th
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 10 t 2016 down 94.8% 90th
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 6 1000 USD 2016 down 80.6% 98th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 8,518 t 2024 down 23.4% 51st
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 75,968 1000 USD 2024 down 27.3% 40th
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 3,278 t 2024 up 40.9% 73rd
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 14,510 1000 USD 2024 up 181.2% 68th
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 3,964 t 2024 up 8.5% 51st
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 60,159 1000 USD 2024 down 9.5% 37th
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent applications 33 Patents 2023 up 11.4% 41st
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Export value 815 1000 USD 2024 down 43.2% 59th
15.2.1 Forest area under an independently verified forest management 2,601 1000 ha 2024 up 268.0% 19th
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 28,511 1000 SLC 2017 up 40.6% 58th
Case materials — Production 95,300 t 2024 up 2.3% 59th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity 295 t 2016 down 97.3% 63rd
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import value 423 1000 USD 2016 down 94.3% 62nd
Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity 1.23 t 2024 down 93.0% 126th
Hazardous pesticides — Import value 37.83 1000 USD 2024 down 44.1% 94th
Pulpwood, round and split (production) — Production 1.23 million m3 2024 down 20.4% 44th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 5,047 Hectares 2020 down 0.1% 80th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 3,492 Hectares 2020 up 9.6% 56th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 3,644 Hectares 2020 up 8.8% 61st
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 3,893 Hectares 2020 up 4.2% 73rd
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 10,856 Hectares 2020 unchanged 94th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export quantity 28 t 2024 65th
Recovered fibre pulp (export/import) — Export value 17 1000 USD 2024 66th
Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 1,478 Square kilometres 2023 up 163.9% 41st
Urea — Export quantity 41,092 t 2024 up 290.5% 36th
Urea — Export value 17,039 1000 USD 2024 up 340.7% 37th
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 4 Patents 2022 down 60.0% 39th
Wood residues — Production 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 85th
Buffalo — Stocks 20,940 An 2023 up 127.3% 25th
Buffalo — Amount excreted in manure 929,401 kg 2023 up 127.3% 25th
Buffalo — Manure left on pasture 269,526 kg 2023 up 127.3% 25th
Buffalo — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 53,905 kg 2023 up 127.3% 25th
Buffalo — Manure left on pasture that leaches 80,858 kg 2023 up 127.3% 25th
Buffalo — Manure management 659,875 kg 2023 up 127.3% 23rd
Buffalo — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 31st
Buffalo — Manure applied to soils 659,875 kg 2023 up 127.3% 23rd