Belgium vs Romania: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Belgium

752,840 tonnes

in 2024

Romania

685,376 tonnes

in 2024

Belgium rank

44th

Romania rank

46th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

Belgium currently reports 752,840 tonnes against 685,376 tonnes in Romania, a difference of 67,464 tonnes.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Romania's.

The two have swapped places 76 times across 166 shared years of data; in 1859 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 44th and Romania ranks 46th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.