Land-use change — Emissions Share in Romania

Romania: Land-use change — Emissions Share was 41.35 % in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
41.35 %
Change on year
up 7.2%
World rank
37th
of 209 countries
All-time high
41.35 %
in 2023
All-time low
0 %
in 2001
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Land-use change — Emissions Share in Romania, 1990–2023

0102030401990200620231990: 0.14 %1991: 0.18 %1992: 0.19 %1993: 0.2 %1994: 0.21 %1995: 0.2 %1996: 0.2 %1997: 0.22 %1998: 0.26 %1999: 0.3 %2000: 0.29 %2001: 0 %2002: 0 %2003: 0 %2004: 0 %2005: 0 %2006: 0 %2007: 0 %2008: 0 %2009: 0 %2010: 0 %2011: 7 %2012: 7.6 %2013: 9.6 %2014: 9.9 %2015: 9.6 %2016: 21.6 %2017: 18.7 %2018: 18.4 %2019: 19.4 %2020: 23.2 %2021: 35.8 %2022: 38.6 %2023: 41.4 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

The most recent figure for land-use change — emissions share in Romania is 41.35 %, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 7.2% on the previous year and up 329.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, land-use change — emissions share in Romania peaked at 41.35 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0 %, in 2001.

Romania ranks 37th of 209 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.21 % 0.14 % 0.3 % 10
2000s 0.029 % 0 % 0.29 % 10
2010s 12.2 % 0 % 21.64 % 10
2020s 34.73 % 23.22 % 41.35 % 4

Countries ranked near Romania

  1. 34 Lao People's Democratic Republic 53.56 % compare
  2. 35 Nicaragua 52.83 % compare
  3. 36 Gambia 45 % compare
  4. 38 Uganda 40.6 % compare
  5. 39 Gabon 38.97 % compare
  6. 40 Benin 36.43 % compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

More climate change data for Romania

All data for Romania →

Frequently asked questions

What is land-use change — emissions share in Romania?
Land-use change — emissions share in Romania was 41.35 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest land-use change — emissions share recorded in Romania?
The highest recorded value was 41.35 % in 2023.
What is the lowest land-use change — emissions share recorded in Romania?
The lowest recorded value was 0 % in 2001.
How does Romania rank for land-use change — emissions share?
Romania ranks 37th out of 209 countries with data for 2023.
Is land-use change — emissions share rising or falling in Romania?
Over the last ten years it is up 329.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Romania data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land-use change — Emissions Share (CO2). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Land-use change — Emissions Share in Romania. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 16 August 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/land-use-change-emissions-share-co2/romania/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/land-use-change-emissions-share-co2/romania/">Land-use change — Emissions Share in Romania</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Land-use change — Emissions Share (CO2)
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 8,042 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.