Bulgaria vs Mauritania: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
Bulgaria
0.5934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Mauritania
0.6177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Bulgaria rank
36th
Mauritania rank
34th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- Bulgaria
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.6177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.5934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Mauritania ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 36th and Mauritania ranks 34th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1141 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4156 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3015 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1860s | 0.121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4292 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3082 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1870s | 0.1339 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5215 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3876 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1880s | 0.1445 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6601 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5156 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1890s | 0.1198 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.709 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5891 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1900s | 0.0973 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7414 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.644 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1910s | 0.1263 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9259 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7996 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1920s | 0.2327 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1930s | 0.2263 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9922 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1940s | 0.3064 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1950s | 0.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 0.7721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 0.9432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1952 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8874 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1285 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Bulgaria |
| 1990s | 0.5488 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8539 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3051 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.4769 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8598 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3829 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.5359 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7371 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2013 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 0.5907 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6497 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0589 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, Bulgaria or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.6177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.5934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Bulgaria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between Bulgaria and Mauritania?
- 0.0243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Mauritania?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Bulgaria and Mauritania rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- Bulgaria ranks 36th and Mauritania ranks 34th 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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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.