Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Romania
Romania: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Romania, 1858–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Romania is 0.4%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Romania peaked at 0.6% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1858.
That places Romania 36th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 167 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2 |
| 1860s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
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 including land-use change in Romania?
- Share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Romania was 0.4% 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 including land-use change recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1858.
- How does Romania rank for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Romania ranks 36th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. 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 including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global total cumulative emissions of CO₂ (including land-use change).