Romania vs South Africa: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
Romania
0.5%
in 2024
South Africa
0.4%
in 2024
Romania rank
34th
South Africa rank
35th
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time
- Romania
- South Africa
How they compare
Romania currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in South Africa, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Romania's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.
Across all 141 years both countries report, Romania has been ahead every year.
Romania ranks 34th and South Africa ranks 35th of 215 countries.
Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 15 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Romania | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Romania |
| 1890s | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | Romania |
| 1900s | 1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | Romania |
| 1910s | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1.9% | Romania |
| 1920s | 1.6% | 0.0% | 1.6% | Romania |
| 1930s | 2.2% | 0.0% | 2.2% | Romania |
| 1940s | 2.2% | 0.0% | 2.2% | Romania |
| 1950s | 1.6% | 0.1% | 1.5% | Romania |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.9% | Romania |
| 1970s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Romania |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Romania |
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Romania |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.2% | Romania |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Romania |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil, Romania or South Africa?
- Romania, at 0.5% against 0.4% in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil between Romania and South Africa?
- 0.1%, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Romania and South Africa?
- 141 years are reported by both, from 1884 to 2024.
- How do Romania and South Africa rank globally for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Romania ranks 34th and South Africa ranks 35th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil. 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 oil since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from oil.