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Polynesia\nGabon\nGambia\nGeorgia\nGermany\nGhana\nGibraltar\nGreece\nGreenland\nGrenada\nGuadeloupe\nGuam\nGuatemala\nGuernsey\nGuinea\nGuinea-Bissau\nGuyana\nHaiti\nHoly See (Vatican City)\nHonduras\nHong Kong, China\nHungary\nIceland\nIndia\nIndonesia\nIran\nIraq\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJamaica\nJapan\nJersey\nJordan\nKazakhstan\nKenya\nKiribati\nNorth Korea\nRepublic of Korea\nKosovo\nKuwait\nKyrgyzstan\nLaos\nLatvia\nLebanon\nLesotho\nLiberia\nLibya\nLiechtenstein\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMacao, China\nNorth Macedonia\nMadagascar\nMalawi\nMalaysia\nMaldives\nMali\nMalta\nMan, Isle of\nMarshall Islands\nMartinique\nMauritania\nMauritius\nMayotte\nMexico\nMicronesia, Federated States of\nMoldova\nMonaco\nMongolia\nMontenegro\nMontserrat\nMorocco\nMozambique\nMyanmar (Burma)\nNamibia\nNauru\nNepal\nNetherlands\nNetherlands Antilles\nNew Caledonia\nNew Zealand\nNicaragua\nNiger\nNigeria\nNiue\nNorthern Mariana Islands\nNorway\nOman\nPakistan\nPalau\nPalestinian Territory\nPanama\nPapua New Guinea\nParaguay\nPeru\nPhilippines\nPitcairn\nPoland\nPortugal\nPuerto Rico\nQatar\nReunion\nRomania\nRussian Federation\nRwanda\nSt. Helena\nSt. Kitts and Nevis\nSt. Lucia\nSt. Martin (French part)\nSt. Pierre et Miquelon\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines\nSamoa\nSan Marino\nSao Tome and Principe\nSaudi Arabia\nSenegal\nSerbia\nSeychelles\nSierra Leone\nSingapore\nSint Maarten (Dutch part)\nSlovakia\nSlovenia\nSolomon Islands\nSomalia\nSouth Africa\nSouth Sudan\nSpain\nSri Lanka\nSudan\nSuriname\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nSyrian Arab Republic\nTaiwan\nTajikistan\nTanzania\nThailand\nTimor-Leste\nTogo\nTokelau\nTonga\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTunisia\nTurkiye\nTurkmenistan\nTurks and Caicos Islands\nTuvalu\nUganda\nUkraine\nUnited Arab Emirates\nUnited Kingdom\nUnited States\nUruguay\nUzbekistan\nVanuatu\nVenezuela\nViet Nam\nVirgin Islands\nWallis and Futuna Islands\nWestern Sahara\nYemen\nZambia\nZimbabwe\n Choose a country to 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Polynesia\nGabon\nGambia\nGeorgia\nGermany\nGhana\nGibraltar\nGreece\nGreenland\nGrenada\nGuadeloupe\nGuam\nGuatemala\nGuernsey\nGuinea\nGuinea-Bissau\nGuyana\nHaiti\nHoly See (Vatican City)\nHonduras\nHong Kong, China\nHungary\nIceland\nIndia\nIndonesia\nIran\nIraq\nIreland\nIsrael\nItaly\nJamaica\nJapan\nJersey\nJordan\nKazakhstan\nKenya\nKiribati\nNorth Korea\nRepublic of Korea\nKosovo\nKuwait\nKyrgyzstan\nLaos\nLatvia\nLebanon\nLesotho\nLiberia\nLibya\nLiechtenstein\nLithuania\nLuxembourg\nMacao, China\nNorth Macedonia\nMadagascar\nMalawi\nMalaysia\nMaldives\nMali\nMalta\nMan, Isle of\nMarshall Islands\nMartinique\nMauritania\nMauritius\nMayotte\nMexico\nMicronesia, Federated States of\nMoldova\nMonaco\nMongolia\nMontenegro\nMontserrat\nMorocco\nMozambique\nMyanmar (Burma)\nNamibia\nNauru\nNepal\nNetherlands\nNetherlands Antilles\nNew Caledonia\nNew Zealand\nNicaragua\nNiger\nNigeria\nNiue\nNorthern Mariana Islands\nNorway\nOman\nPakistan\nPalau\nPalestinian Territory\nPanama\nPapua New Guinea\nParaguay\nPeru\nPhilippines\nPitcairn\nPoland\nPortugal\nPuerto Rico\nQatar\nReunion\nRomania\nRussian Federation\nRwanda\nSt. Helena\nSt. Kitts and Nevis\nSt. Lucia\nSt. Martin (French part)\nSt. Pierre et Miquelon\nSt. Vincent and the Grenadines\nSamoa\nSan Marino\nSao Tome and Principe\nSaudi Arabia\nSenegal\nSerbia\nSeychelles\nSierra Leone\nSingapore\nSint Maarten (Dutch part)\nSlovakia\nSlovenia\nSolomon Islands\nSomalia\nSouth Africa\nSouth Sudan\nSpain\nSri Lanka\nSudan\nSuriname\nSweden\nSwitzerland\nSyrian Arab Republic\nTaiwan\nTajikistan\nTanzania\nThailand\nTimor-Leste\nTogo\nTokelau\nTonga\nTrinidad and Tobago\nTunisia\nTurkiye\nTurkmenistan\nTurks and Caicos Islands\nTuvalu\nUganda\nUkraine\nUnited Arab Emirates\nUnited Kingdom\nUnited States\nUruguay\nUzbekistan\nVanuatu\nVenezuela\nViet Nam\nVirgin Islands\nWallis and Futuna Islands\nWestern Sahara\nYemen\nZambia\nZimbabwe\n

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Geography> Bulgaria Surface area (square km) 111,000 (2021) [105/216countries] Land area (sq. km) 108,560 (2021) [102/216countries] Agricultural land (% of land area) 46.5% (2021) [72/210countries] Forest area (sq. km) 39,060 (2021) [77/214countries] Forest area (% of land area) 36.0% (2021) [85/214countries] Coastline (km) 354 (2019) [123/230countries] Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population) 1.3% (2015) [146/172countries] Average yearly temperature (degrees Celsius) 10.6 (1961-1990) [145/191countries] Average precipitation in depth (mm per year) 608 (2020) [131/182countries] % of those who think that water shortage is the most important environmental problem for them and their family 8.1% (2010) [9/36countries] % of those who think that using up natural resources is the most important environmental problem for them and their family 2.8% (2010) [32/36countries] Biodiversity> Bulgaria Bird species, threatened 17 (2018) [78/215countries] Fish species, threatened 22 (2018) [130/215countries] Mammal species, threatened 8 (2018) [120/215countries] Plant species (higher), threatened 9 (2018) [130/215countries] Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) 34.7% (2018) [24/211countries] Marine protected areas (% of territorial waters) 8.1% (2018) [45/169countries] % of those who think that genetically modified foods are the most important environmental problem for them and their family 10.6% (2010) [14/36countries] Animals, environment and mankind> Bulgaria % of those who think that human beings developed from animals 79.3% (2000) [8/25countries] % of those who think that animal testing is right 80.2% (2000) [2/25countries] Environment and economy> Bulgaria % of those who think that economic progress will slow down unless we look after the environment 60.6% (2010) [8/36countries] Environmental protection> Bulgaria Environmental Performance Index (world ranking) 37 (2024) [37/179countries] Degree of knowledge about the causes of environmental problems 2.88 (2010) [26/36countries] Degree of knowledge about the solutions of environmental problems 2.62 (2010) [26/35countries] % of those who cut back car driving for the environment 9.4% (2010) [35/36countries] % of those who often reduce the energy or fuel you use at home for environmental reasons 16.7% (2010) [35/36countries] % of those who often save or re-use water for environmental reasons 15.6% (2010) [35/36countries] % of those who think that the government should regulate ordinary people for the environment 91.0% (2010) [1/36countries] % of those who think that the government should regulate businesses for the environment 96.3% (2010) [2/36countries] % of those who think that their country does too little to protect the world environment 83.6% (2010) [1/36countries] % of those who think that international cooperation is necessary for the environment (5 choices) 96.9% (2010) [1/36countries] % of those who think that richer countries should make more effort to protect the environment 60.2% (2010) [4/36countries] CO2 and climate change> Bulgaria CO2 emissions (kilo tonnes) 34,138 (2020) [65/191countries] CO2 emissions per capita (metric tonnes) 4.92 (2020) [48/191countries] CO2 emissions (kg per PPP $ of GDP) 0.195 (2020) [61/181countries] Energy> Bulgaria Coal supply per capita (kg) 119 (2020) [38/74countries] Crude oil supply per capita (kg) 701 (2020) [37/89countries] Natural gas supply per capita (million J) 16,765 (2020) [55/87countries] Primary energy sufficiency ratio 61.5% (2020) [38/63countries] % of those who think that their country should prioritize solar, wind or water power in order to meet its future energy needs 64.9% (2010) [25/36countries] % of those who think that their country should prioritize nuclear power in order to meet its future energy needs 16.0% (2010) [7/36countries] % of those who think that their country should prioritize fuels made from crops in order to meet its future energy needs 6.7% (2010) [19/36countries] Electric power supply per capita (kWh) 5,353 (2020) [36/95countries] Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources, % of total 43.7% (2020) [64/97countries] Electricity production from hydroelectric sources, % of total 8.1% (2020) [54/86countries] Nuclear and radioactivity> Bulgaria Electricity production from nuclear sources, % of total 40.8% (2020) [5/30countries] % of those who think that radioactivity results to death 66.3% (2000) [7/25countries] % of those who think that all radioactivity is made by humans 84.2% (1993) [1/20countries] % of those who strongly feel the danger of a nuclear accident 12.3% (2000) [21/24countries] % of those who think that nuclear waste is the most important environmental problem for them and their family 2.3% (2010) [20/36countries] Environmental pollution> Bulgaria % of those who think that chemicals and pesticides is the most important environmental problem for them and their family 10.3% (2010) [17/36countries] Waste and cleanness> Bulgaria Municipal waste (kg per capita) 408 (2020) [35/48countries] Municipal waste, % of recycling 34 (2020) [5/44countries] Proportion of population using safely-managed sanitation services (%) 72% (2020) [48/115countries] % of those who think that domestic waste disposal is the most important environmental problem for them and their family 15.6% (2010) [6/36countries]