Romania vs Samoa: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Romania
-1.12 tonnes per person
in 2024
Samoa
-1.06 tonnes per person
in 2024
Romania rank
186th
Samoa rank
183rd
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Romania
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports -1.06 tonnes per person against -1.12 tonnes per person in Romania, a difference of 0.06 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Romania ahead.
Romania ranks 186th and Samoa ranks 183rd of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Romania averaged higher in 10 and Samoa in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.82 tonnes per person | 0.4527 tonnes per person | 2.36 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 1860s | 2.57 tonnes per person | 0.5337 tonnes per person | 2.04 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 1870s | 2.36 tonnes per person | 0.9252 tonnes per person | 1.44 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 1880s | 2.06 tonnes per person | 1.01 tonnes per person | 1.05 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 1890s | 1.81 tonnes per person | 1.39 tonnes per person | 0.4215 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 1900s | 1.99 tonnes per person | -0.1577 tonnes per person | 2.15 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 1910s | 1.16 tonnes per person | 0.6208 tonnes per person | 0.5406 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 1920s | 2.96 tonnes per person | 2.3 tonnes per person | 0.6646 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 1930s | 1.92 tonnes per person | 2.76 tonnes per person | 0.8404 tonnes per person | Samoa |
| 1940s | 1.34 tonnes per person | 3.46 tonnes per person | 2.12 tonnes per person | Samoa |
| 1950s | 2.31 tonnes per person | 3.55 tonnes per person | 1.24 tonnes per person | Samoa |
| 1960s | 1.73 tonnes per person | 2.33 tonnes per person | 0.6 tonnes per person | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.768 tonnes per person | 1.71 tonnes per person | 0.9379 tonnes per person | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.4691 tonnes per person | 0.8984 tonnes per person | 0.4292 tonnes per person | Samoa |
| 1990s | 0.0052 tonnes per person | -1.38 tonnes per person | 1.39 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 2000s | -0.1833 tonnes per person | -1.56 tonnes per person | 1.38 tonnes per person | Romania |
| 2010s | -0.1667 tonnes per person | 1.22 tonnes per person | 1.39 tonnes per person | Samoa |
| 2020s | -0.8648 tonnes per person | -0.7636 tonnes per person | 0.1012 tonnes per person | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Romania or Samoa?
- Samoa, at -1.06 tonnes per person against -1.12 tonnes per person in Romania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Romania and Samoa?
- 0.06 tonnes per person, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Samoa?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Romania and Samoa rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Romania ranks 186th and Samoa ranks 183rd of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.