Romania vs Serbia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
Romania
2.62 billion tonnes
in 2024
Serbia
2.14 billion tonnes
in 2024
Romania rank
30th
Serbia rank
32nd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time
- Romania
- Serbia
How they compare
Romania currently reports 2.62 billion tonnes against 2.14 billion tonnes in Serbia, a difference of 477.06 million tonnes.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.2 times Serbia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 129 shared years of data; in 1885 it was Romania ahead.
Romania ranks 30th and Serbia ranks 32nd of 179 countries.
Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | Serbia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1.26 million tonnes | 13,049 tonnes | 1.25 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1890s | 7.77 million tonnes | 577,099 tonnes | 7.19 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1900s | 15.39 million tonnes | 3.73 million tonnes | 11.66 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1910s | 21.33 million tonnes | 8.65 million tonnes | 12.67 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1920s | 40.80 million tonnes | 25.97 million tonnes | 14.83 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1930s | 71.57 million tonnes | 62.07 million tonnes | 9.51 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1940s | 100.51 million tonnes | 91.65 million tonnes | 8.86 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1950s | 161.73 million tonnes | 156.15 million tonnes | 5.58 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1960s | 325.65 million tonnes | 296.27 million tonnes | 29.38 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1970s | 656.12 million tonnes | 528.70 million tonnes | 127.42 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1980s | 1.21 billion tonnes | 866.32 million tonnes | 346.41 million tonnes | Romania |
| 1990s | 1.79 billion tonnes | 1.23 billion tonnes | 556.96 million tonnes | Romania |
| 2000s | 2.14 billion tonnes | 1.55 billion tonnes | 585.36 million tonnes | Romania |
| 2010s | 2.46 billion tonnes | 1.87 billion tonnes | 584.82 million tonnes | Romania |
| 2020s | 2.60 billion tonnes | 2.09 billion tonnes | 507.72 million tonnes | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from coal, Romania or Serbia?
- Romania, at 2.62 billion tonnes against 2.14 billion tonnes in Serbia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from coal between Romania and Serbia?
- 477.06 million tonnes, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and Serbia?
- 129 years are reported by both, from 1885 to 2024.
- How do Romania and Serbia rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from coal?
- Romania ranks 30th and Serbia ranks 32nd of 179 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.