Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Romania
Romania: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring was 0.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring in Romania, 1990–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Romania stood at 0.2%. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Romania peaked at 0.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
That places Romania 49th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 46 Equatorial Guinea 0.2% compare
- 47 Yemen 0.2% compare
- 48 Vietnam 0.2% compare
- 50 Netherlands 0.2% compare
- 51 New Zealand 0.2% compare
- 52 Pakistan 0.2% compare
More climate change data for Romania
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Population, total 19.02 million (2025)
- Urban population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Urban population 9.92 million (2025)
- Urban population 52.2% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 3.61 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 8.86 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 3.61 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 3.61 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Romania?
- Share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring in Romania was 0.2% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Romania rank for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring?
- Romania ranks 49th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from flaring rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from flaring since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from flaring.