Bulgaria vs Sweden: Environment

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

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Indicator	Bulgaria	Sweden	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	59.38	25.87	Compare →
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	0.15	1.73	Compare →
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.19	3.40	Compare →
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)	1.34	5.13	Compare →
Bird species, threatened	18.00	12.00	Compare →
Fish species, threatened	21.00	24.00	Compare →
Mammal species, threatened	10.00	1.00	Compare →
Plant species (higher), threatened	13.00	12.00	Compare →
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)	44.30	15.80	Compare →
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)	35.60	15.90	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	5.31	3.57	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	46.68	52.57	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)	7.25	4.97	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	7.37	8.12	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	4.26	3.35	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-47.42	-28.01	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	4.15	4.22	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	34.19	37.77	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)	0.20	0.70	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)	3.81	5.78	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)	0.11	0.21	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-42.78	-8.03	Compare →
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-53.67	-30.15	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	3.26	4.09	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)	2.05	3.79	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)	-57.29	-33.89	Compare →
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)	0.52	0.07	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)	17.15	5.64	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.07	0.12	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.25	0.33	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	10.17	14.37	Compare →
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)	99.89	3.64	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.02	0.20	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.05	0.03	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	11.76	5.83	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.06	0.26	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.09	0.13	Compare →
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.02	0.27	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	1.08	1.97	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	3.77	7.22	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.01	0.20	Compare →
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	0.73	0.21	Compare →
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)	2.47	4.01	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	-32.89	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.