Bulgaria vs Kazakhstan: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions

Bulgaria
0.5934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Kazakhstan
0.5811 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
36th
Kazakhstan rank
38th

Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Kazakhstan
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How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 0.5934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.5811 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Kazakhstan, a difference of 0.0123 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Kazakhstan ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 36th and Kazakhstan ranks 38th of 201 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Kazakhstan in 17.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
1850s 0.1141 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6895 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5754 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1860s 0.121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.679 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.558 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1870s 0.1339 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7496 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6157 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1880s 0.1445 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.8646 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7201 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1890s 0.1198 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.8781 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7582 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1900s 0.0973 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.8534 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.756 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1910s 0.1263 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.9143 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7881 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1920s 0.2327 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.801 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1930s 0.2263 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.9548 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7285 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1940s 0.3064 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7078 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1950s 0.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6223 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1960s 0.7721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.2808 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1970s 0.9432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.9914 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0482 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
1980s 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.9376 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0783 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Bulgaria
1990s 0.5488 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.7309 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1821 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
2000s 0.4769 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6113 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1345 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
2010s 0.5359 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.6028 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.067 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan
2020s 0.5907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.594 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.0033 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Kazakhstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Bulgaria or Kazakhstan?
Bulgaria, at 0.5934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.5811 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Kazakhstan as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Bulgaria and Kazakhstan?
0.0123 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Kazakhstan?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Bulgaria and Kazakhstan rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
Bulgaria ranks 36th and Kazakhstan ranks 38th of 201 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 nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 34,339 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.