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Bulgaria vs Latvia: Environment

This page compares Bulgaria and Latvia across 45 Environment indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Bulgaria Latvia Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 59.38 30.27 Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 0.15 2.27 Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.19 7.96 Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.34 10.23 Compare →
Bird species, threatened 18.00 13.00 Compare →
Fish species, threatened 21.00 6.00 Compare →
Mammal species, threatened 10.00 1.00 Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened 13.00 1.00 Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 44.30 18.80 Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 35.60 18.10 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 5.31 3.65 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 46.68 11.64 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) 7.25 6.24 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 7.37 2.07 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 4.26 0.55 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -47.42 -61.70 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 4.15 0.72 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 34.19 6.81 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e) 0.20 0.04 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) 3.81 2.33 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e) 0.11 0.06 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -42.78 -7.27 Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -53.67 -57.74 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 3.26 2.10 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e) 2.05 1.09 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990) -57.29 -65.30 Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP) 0.52 0.22 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter) 17.15 11.60 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.07 0.06 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.25 0.18 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 10.17 2.92 Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total) 99.89 89.01 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.02 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.05 0.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 11.76 1.06 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.06 0.02 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.09 0.03 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.02 0.03 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 1.08 1.27 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 3.77 0.62 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.01 0.02 Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.73 0.19 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.47 0.02 Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e) -8.74 3.23 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.