Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Romania
Romania: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was -0.5% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
-0.5%
Change on year
down 10.1%
World rank
194th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 1929
All-time low
-0.5%
in 2024
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Romania, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Romania stood at -0.5%. That is the lowest value across all 175 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.1% on the previous year and down 564.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Romania peaked at 0.9% in 1929 and was at its lowest, -0.5%, in 2024.
That places Romania 194th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Romania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.8% | — |
| 1851 | 0.8% | -2.6% |
| 1852 | 0.8% | -1.5% |
| 1853 | 0.8% | +0.8% |
| 1854 | 0.8% | -2.4% |
| 1855 | 0.8% | -2.3% |
| 1856 | 0.8% | +0.3% |
| 1857 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 1858 | 0.8% | -1.3% |
| 1859 | 0.7% | -1.0% |
| 1860 | 0.8% | +7.3% |
| 1861 | 0.8% | +3.9% |
| 1862 | 0.8% | +2.0% |
| 1863 | 0.8% | +0.5% |
| 1864 | 0.8% | -1.1% |
| 1865 | 0.9% | +3.8% |
| 1866 | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| 1867 | 0.9% | +1.9% |
| 1868 | 0.9% | +0.2% |
| 1869 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
| 1870 | 0.8% | -12.2% |
| 1871 | 0.7% | -2.8% |
| 1872 | 0.7% | -4.1% |
| 1873 | 0.7% | -0.8% |
| 1874 | 0.7% | -4.8% |
| 1875 | 0.7% | -2.0% |
| 1876 | 0.7% | -1.1% |
| 1877 | 0.6% | -2.3% |
| 1878 | 0.6% | -2.9% |
| 1879 | 0.6% | -1.4% |
| 1880 | 0.6% | -3.4% |
| 1881 | 0.6% | -0.7% |
| 1882 | 0.6% | -3.6% |
| 1883 | 0.6% | -2.8% |
| 1884 | 0.5% | -0.8% |
| 1885 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 1886 | 0.5% | -0.4% |
| 1887 | 0.5% | -1.6% |
| 1888 | 0.5% | -0.7% |
| 1889 | 0.5% | -3.1% |
| 1890 | 0.5% | -7.5% |
| 1891 | 0.5% | -2.6% |
| 1892 | 0.5% | +1.4% |
| 1893 | 0.5% | -0.1% |
| 1894 | 0.4% | -4.8% |
| 1895 | 0.4% | -1.6% |
| 1896 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 1897 | 0.4% | -1.8% |
| 1898 | 0.4% | -2.3% |
| 1899 | 0.4% | -1.1% |
| 1900 | 0.5% | +10.5% |
| 1901 | 0.5% | +0.2% |
| 1902 | 0.5% | +1.5% |
| 1903 | 0.5% | +2.6% |
| 1904 | 0.5% | +0.3% |
| 1905 | 0.5% | -1.2% |
| 1906 | 0.5% | -1.3% |
| 1907 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| 1908 | 0.5% | +0.6% |
| 1909 | 0.5% | -2.2% |
| 1910 | 0.4% | -17.0% |
| 1911 | 0.4% | -8.8% |
| 1912 | 0.3% | -5.4% |
| 1913 | 0.3% | -6.2% |
| 1914 | 0.3% | -6.9% |
| 1915 | 0.3% | -4.0% |
| 1916 | 0.3% | -3.0% |
| 1917 | 0.3% | -3.5% |
| 1918 | 0.3% | -2.1% |
| 1919 | 0.2% | -4.9% |
| 1920 | 0.5% | +108.1% |
| 1921 | 0.6% | +18.3% |
| 1922 | 0.7% | +10.2% |
| 1923 | 0.7% | +5.5% |
| 1924 | 0.8% | +7.4% |
| 1925 | 0.8% | +4.2% |
| 1926 | 0.8% | +4.0% |
| 1927 | 0.9% | +5.2% |
| 1928 | 0.9% | +2.3% |
| 1929 | 0.9% | +1.7% |
| 1930 | 0.7% | -23.7% |
| 1931 | 0.6% | -11.9% |
| 1932 | 0.6% | -8.1% |
| 1933 | 0.5% | -4.5% |
| 1934 | 0.5% | -5.6% |
| 1935 | 0.5% | -3.5% |
| 1936 | 0.5% | -5.7% |
| 1937 | 0.4% | -4.9% |
| 1938 | 0.4% | -3.9% |
| 1939 | 0.4% | -2.3% |
| 1940 | 0.4% | -4.2% |
| 1941 | 0.4% | -4.0% |
| 1942 | 0.4% | -2.2% |
| 1943 | 0.4% | +1.9% |
| 1944 | 0.4% | -1.4% |
| 1945 | 0.4% | -1.1% |
| 1946 | 0.4% | +1.2% |
| 1947 | 0.4% | -2.7% |
| 1948 | 0.4% | -0.6% |
| 1949 | 0.4% | +0.9% |
| 1950 | 0.5% | +45.2% |
| 1951 | 0.5% | -2.1% |
| 1952 | 0.5% | +4.6% |
| 1953 | 0.5% | -0.7% |
| 1954 | 0.5% | -2.5% |
| 1955 | 0.5% | +0.8% |
| 1956 | 0.5% | +0.6% |
| 1957 | 0.5% | -1.7% |
| 1958 | 0.5% | -2.0% |
| 1959 | 0.5% | -3.8% |
| 1960 | 0.5% | +5.3% |
| 1961 | 0.5% | +5.7% |
| 1962 | 0.5% | -9.1% |
| 1963 | 0.5% | -7.4% |
| 1964 | 0.5% | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 0.5% | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 0.6% | +30.5% |
| 1968 | 0.4% | -28.4% |
| 1969 | 0.3% | -24.9% |
| 1970 | 0.3% | -3.2% |
| 1971 | 0.3% | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 0.3% | -20.4% |
| 1973 | 0.3% | +15.1% |
| 1974 | 0.3% | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 0.3% | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 0.2% | -6.9% |
| 1977 | 0.2% | -16.1% |
| 1978 | 0.2% | -11.0% |
| 1979 | 0.2% | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.2% | -15.7% |
| 1981 | 0.2% | +17.8% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | +19.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | +23.7% |
| 1987 | 0.2% | -8.5% |
| 1988 | -0.0% | -102.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0% | -113.5% |
| 1990 | 0.0% | +3118.2% |
| 1991 | -0.0% | -237.6% |
| 1992 | -0.0% | +12.6% |
| 1993 | -0.1% | +50.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -123.5% |
| 1995 | -0.0% | -276.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | -141.7% |
| 1997 | -0.0% | -376.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | -243.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1% | +153.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -99.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +2544.3% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +257.0% |
| 2003 | -0.2% | -342.1% |
| 2004 | -0.1% | -61.3% |
| 2005 | -0.2% | +196.2% |
| 2006 | -0.3% | +65.3% |
| 2007 | -0.3% | -16.4% |
| 2008 | -0.2% | -22.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -305.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -98.1% |
| 2011 | -0.1% | -1883.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -108.6% |
| 2013 | -0.1% | -836.3% |
| 2014 | -0.1% | -18.0% |
| 2015 | -0.2% | +157.2% |
| 2016 | -0.3% | +39.2% |
| 2017 | -0.1% | -56.8% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -549.3% |
| 2019 | -0.2% | -137.5% |
| 2020 | -0.1% | -28.4% |
| 2021 | -0.4% | +175.4% |
| 2022 | -0.4% | +8.0% |
| 2023 | -0.4% | +8.6% |
| 2024 | -0.5% | +10.1% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's -0.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.0%, 56.6× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +3118.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2001 | +2544.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | -1883.8% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | -836.3% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | +549.3% | -0.1% | 0.5% |
| 1997 | -376.1% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | -0.0% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.1% | -0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.1% | -0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.4% | -0.5% | -0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More climate change data for Romania
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 268.00 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 13,282 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,155 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10,127 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 11.9 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 361.69 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,810 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,531 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 279.88 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 9.55 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Romania?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Romania was -0.5% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 1929.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.5% in 2024.
- How does Romania rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Romania ranks 194th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 564.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.