Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste in Sofia
Sofia: Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste was 0.81 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent in 2024. ▬ Flat
Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste in Sofia, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Tonnes of CO2-equivalent.
Analysis
In 2024, greenhouse gas emissions - cities and fuas — ghg emissions from waste in Sofia stood at 0.81 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 29.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, greenhouse gas emissions - cities and fuas — ghg emissions from waste in Sofia peaked at 1.42 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.81 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent, in 2024.
That places Sofia 46th out of 1324 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.921 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 0.84 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 0.99 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.08 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 1.01 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 1.42 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 0.84 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 1.21 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.852 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 0.81 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 0.89 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent | 5 |
More environment data for Sofia
- Drought - Cities and FUAs — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime summer land 31.55 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime winter land 6.27 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Daytime yearly land 21.84 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime summer land 16.58 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime winter land -2.8 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Land surface temperature - Cities and FUAs — Nighttime yearly land 7.31 Degrees celsius (2024)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to nitrogen 52.46 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to ozone 90.75 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
- Air pollution - Cities and FUAs — Population exposure to PM10 51.92 Microgrammes per cubic metre (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is greenhouse gas emissions - cities and fuas — ghg emissions from waste in Sofia?
- Greenhouse gas emissions - cities and fuas — ghg emissions from waste in Sofia was 0.81 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest greenhouse gas emissions - cities and fuas — ghg emissions from waste recorded in Sofia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.42 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent in 2009.
- What is the lowest greenhouse gas emissions - cities and fuas — ghg emissions from waste recorded in Sofia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.81 Tonnes of CO2-equivalent in 2024.
- How does Sofia rank for greenhouse gas emissions - cities and fuas — ghg emissions from waste?
- Sofia ranks 46th out of 1324 regions with data for 2024.
- Is greenhouse gas emissions - cities and fuas — ghg emissions from waste rising or falling in Sofia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sofia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs — GHG emissions from waste. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides statistics on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and Cities.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify">GHG emissions at the subnational level are estimated using the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) version 8.0 developed by the European Commission Joint Research Centre and the Internation Energy Agency (EC JRC/IEA, 2023). EDGAR provides annual sector-specific grid maps for four GHGs (carbon dioxide or CO2, methane or CH4, nitrous oxide or N2O and fluorinated gases or F-gases) at a 0.1° spatial resolution (approximately 11 km). The different sectors covered are: Energy, Industry, Transport, Building, Agriculture, Waste. Emissions from land use and land cover change are not included. In EDGAR, national GHG emissions are disaggregated at subnational level by using subsector-specific geospatial proxies. GHG emissions are expressed in CO2 equivalents using 100-year global warming potential from the IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5), i.e. 28 for CH4 and 265 for N2O. EDGAR is used to ensure global comparability, harmonised methods across countries, and complete subnational coverage, which is not always provided in national reporting. </p> <p align="justify"> These subnational estimates may differ from official subnational statistics. Differences may arise from variations in methodologies, particularly the use of top down spatial downscaling in EDGAR versus bottom up activity based approaches in official inventories, as well as the choice and availability of spatial proxies used to allocate emissions geographically. </p> <br /><br /> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> The definition identifies 1 285 FUAs and 1 402 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href=http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/1vd>Greenhouse gas emissions - Cities and FUAs</a>), <a href=http://oe.cd/geostats>http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>