Brazil vs Bulgaria: Annual percentage change in primary energy use
Brazil
2.0%
in 2025
Bulgaria
2.0%
in 2025
Brazil rank
99th
Bulgaria rank
98th
Annual percentage change in primary energy use over time
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 2.0% against 2.0% in Brazil, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 27 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 99th and Bulgaria ranks 98th of 216 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Bulgaria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Bulgaria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.6% | 12.0% | 2.5% | Bulgaria |
| 1970s | 10.9% | 5.6% | 5.3% | Brazil |
| 1980s | 2.9% | 1.1% | 1.8% | Brazil |
| 1990s | 3.7% | -4.4% | 8.1% | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2.8% | -0.5% | 3.3% | Brazil |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 0.6% | 1.9% | Brazil |
| 2020s | 1.8% | -1.0% | 2.8% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy use, Brazil or Bulgaria?
- Bulgaria, at 2.0% against 2.0% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy use between Brazil and Bulgaria?
- 0.0%, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Bulgaria?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Bulgaria rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy use?
- Brazil ranks 99th and Bulgaria ranks 98th of 216 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual percentage change in primary energy use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.