Greece vs Romania: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Greece
-0.4%
in 2024
Romania
-0.5%
in 2024
Greece rank
193rd
Romania rank
194th

Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

  • Greece
  • Romania
-0.500.51185019372024

How they compare

Greece currently reports -0.4% against -0.5% in Romania, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Romania ahead.

Greece ranks 193rd and Romania ranks 194th of 197 countries.

Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Romania Difference Ahead
1850s 0.3% 0.8% 0.4% Romania
1860s 0.4% 0.9% 0.4% Romania
1870s 0.4% 0.7% 0.3% Romania
1880s 0.4% 0.6% 0.2% Romania
1890s 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% Romania
1900s 0.3% 0.5% 0.2% Romania
1910s 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% Romania
1920s 0.3% 0.8% 0.4% Romania
1930s 0.4% 0.5% 0.1% Romania
1940s 0.2% 0.4% 0.1% Romania
1950s 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% Romania
1960s 0.1% 0.5% 0.3% Romania
1970s 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% Romania
1980s 0.0% 0.2% 0.1% Romania
1990s -0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Romania
2000s -0.1% -0.1% 0.1% Romania
2010s -0.3% -0.1% 0.2% Romania
2020s -0.4% -0.4% 0.1% Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Greece or Romania?
Greece, at -0.4% against -0.5% in Romania as of 2024.
What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Greece and Romania?
0.1%, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Romania?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Greece and Romania rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
Greece ranks 193rd and Romania ranks 194th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit
%
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.