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

Congo

565,497 tonnes

in 2024

Romania

685,376 tonnes

in 2024

Congo rank

49th

Romania rank

46th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

Romania currently reports 685,376 tonnes against 565,497 tonnes in Congo, a difference of 119,879 tonnes.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.2 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Romania ahead.

Congo ranks 49th 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.