Bulgaria vs Uruguay: Emissions of air pollutants

Bulgaria
90,824 tonnes
in 2022
Uruguay
83,677 tonnes
in 2022
Bulgaria rank
101st
Uruguay rank
103rd

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Uruguay
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k175018862022

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 90,824 tonnes against 83,677 tonnes in Uruguay, a difference of 7,147 tonnes.

That makes Bulgaria's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 101st and Uruguay ranks 103rd of 220 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
Last refreshed

Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.