Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Romania

Greenhouse gases per capita in Romania in 2024 — 4.75 t/person. Ranked 95 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 57.4%.

2024 4.75 t/person −0.13% vs 2023
World rank 95of 199
Period maximum 12.36 t/person1987
Period minimum 2.15 t/person1917

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Romania, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 3.02 t/person1853: 3.07 t/person1856: 2.99 t/person1859: 2.95 t/person1862: 2.86 t/person1865: 2.82 t/person1868: 2.78 t/person1871: 2.72 t/person1874: 2.7 t/person1877: 2.67 t/person1880: 2.6 t/person1883: 2.55 t/person1886: 2.54 t/person1889: 2.49 t/person1892: 2.54 t/person1895: 2.46 t/person1898: 2.49 t/person1901: 2.59 t/person1904: 2.75 t/person1907: 3 t/person1910: 2.78 t/person1913: 2.81 t/person1916: 2.24 t/person1919: 2.32 t/person1922: 3.57 t/person1925: 4.27 t/person1928: 5.09 t/person1931: 5.19 t/person1934: 5.3 t/person1937: 4.66 t/person1940: 4.07 t/person1943: 3.87 t/person1946: 3.53 t/person1949: 3.97 t/person1952: 4.67 t/person1955: 5.36 t/person1958: 6.1 t/person1961: 6.52 t/person1964: 7.1 t/person1967: 8.48 t/person1970: 9.06 t/person1973: 10.08 t/person1976: 11.22 t/person1979: 11.9 t/person1982: 11.73 t/person1985: 11.78 t/person1988: 11.75 t/person1991: 7.91 t/person1994: 6.72 t/person1997: 6.63 t/person2000: 5.51 t/person2003: 5.91 t/person2006: 5.96 t/person2009: 6.36 t/person2012: 5.86 t/person2015: 5.15 t/person2018: 6.41 t/person2021: 5.38 t/person2024: 4.75 t/person
Change over the period: +1.73 (+57.39%) Average annual rate: 0.26 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Romania

Romania 4.75 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.76 t/person
Eastern Europe computed 12.91 t/person
High-income countries computed 12.59 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 4.75 −0.01 −0.13%
2023 4.75 −0.3 −5.96%
2022 5.05 −0.32 −6.02%
2021 5.38 −0.04 −0.77%
2020 5.42 −0.07 −1.19%
2019 5.49 −0.93 −14.48%
2018 6.41 +0.83 +14.95%
2017 5.58 +0.45 +8.81%
2016 5.13 −0.02 −0.49%
2015 5.15 −0.23 −4.24%
2014 5.38 +0.08 +1.51%
2013 5.3 −0.55 −9.46%
2012 5.86 +0.02 +0.31%
2011 5.84 +0.09 +1.51%
2010 5.75 −0.61 −9.58%
2009 6.36 −0.04 −0.63%
2008 6.4 +0.07 +1.14%
2007 6.33 +0.37 +6.16%
2006 5.96 −0.04 −0.58%
2005 6 −0.23 −3.62%
2004 6.22 +0.32 +5.33%
2003 5.91 −0.04 −0.67%
2002 5.95 +0.14 +2.34%
2001 5.81 +0.3 +5.52%
2000 5.51 +0.1 +1.81%
1999 5.41 −0.64 −10.61%
1998 6.05 −0.58 −8.71%
1997 6.63 −0.54 −7.59%
1996 7.17 +0.27 +3.9%
1995 6.9 +0.18 +2.66%
1994 6.72 −0.06 −0.94%
1993 6.79 −0.54 −7.41%
1992 7.33 −0.58 −7.32%
1991 7.91 −1.96 −19.84%
1990 9.87 −1.87 −15.91%
1989 11.73 −0.02 −0.15%
1988 11.75 −0.61 −4.95%
1987 12.36 +0.37 +3.09%
1986 11.99 +0.22 +1.83%
1985 11.78 +0.2 +1.75%
1984 11.57 −0.36 −2.98%
1983 11.93 +0.2 +1.72%
1982 11.73 −0.13 −1.1%
1981 11.86 +0.1 +0.82%
1980 11.76 −0.14 −1.15%
1979 11.9 −0 −0.03%
1978 11.9 +0.63 +5.56%
1977 11.27 +0.05 +0.46%
1976 11.22 +0.45 +4.21%
1975 10.77 +0.46 +4.48%
1974 10.31 +0.23 +2.29%
1973 10.08 +0.64 +6.74%
1972 9.44 +0.18 +1.91%
1971 9.26 +0.2 +2.22%
1970 9.06 +0.16 +1.77%
1969 8.9 +0.35 +4.07%
1968 8.56 +0.07 +0.88%
1967 8.48 +0.71 +9.18%
1966 7.77 +0.25 +3.31%
1965 7.52 +0.42 +5.87%
1964 7.1 +0.13 +1.85%
1963 6.97 +0.21 +3.08%
1962 6.76 +0.24 +3.68%
1961 6.52 +0.33 +5.31%
1960 6.2 +0.06 +0.95%
1959 6.14 +0.04 +0.66%
1958 6.1 +0.18 +3.04%
1957 5.92 +0.31 +5.47%
1956 5.61 +0.25 +4.68%
1955 5.36 +0.23 +4.42%
1954 5.13 +0.22 +4.54%
1953 4.91 +0.24 +5.21%
1952 4.67 +0.37 +8.59%
1951 4.3 +0.25 +6.1%
1950 4.05 +0.08 +1.94%
1949 3.97 +0.04 +0.97%
1948 3.94 +0.51 +14.99%
1947 3.42 −0.11 −3%
1946 3.53 −0.1 −2.68%
1945 3.63 +0.34 +10.35%
1944 3.29 −0.58 −15.03%
1943 3.87 −0.11 −2.82%
1942 3.98 +0.06 +1.58%
1941 3.92 −0.16 −3.85%
1940 4.07 −0.14 −3.25%
1939 4.21 −0.2 −4.56%
1938 4.41 −0.25 −5.38%
1937 4.66 −0.55 −10.6%
1936 5.22 +0.03 +0.58%
1935 5.19 −0.11 −2.15%
1934 5.3 +0.23 +4.43%
1933 5.07 −0.09 −1.76%
1932 5.17 −0.03 −0.52%
1931 5.19 +0.06 +1.19%
1930 5.13 −0.19 −3.53%
1929 5.32 +0.23 +4.58%
1928 5.09 +0.25 +5.06%
1927 4.84 +0.24 +5.31%
1926 4.6 +0.33 +7.76%
1925 4.27 +0.27 +6.68%
1924 4 +0.25 +6.67%
1923 3.75 +0.18 +4.96%
1922 3.57 +0.31 +9.47%
1921 3.26 +0.31 +10.61%
1920 2.95 +0.63 +27.21%
1919 2.32 +0.11 +4.88%
1918 2.21 +0.06 +2.74%
1917 2.15 −0.08 −3.71%
1916 2.24 −0.29 −11.34%
1915 2.52 −0.12 −4.62%
1914 2.64 −0.16 −5.81%
1913 2.81 +0 +0.07%
1912 2.8 +0 +0%
1911 2.8 +0.03 +1.01%
1910 2.78 −0.25 −8.14%
1909 3.02 +0.02 +0.73%
1908 3 −0 −0.07%
1907 3 +0.13 +4.49%
1906 2.87 +0.1 +3.46%
1905 2.78 +0.03 +1.02%
1904 2.75 +0.09 +3.19%
1903 2.66 +0.04 +1.45%
1902 2.63 +0.03 +1.31%
1901 2.59 +0.06 +2.53%
1900 2.53 +0.05 +2.14%
1899 2.48 −0.02 −0.6%
1898 2.49 +0.01 +0.48%
1897 2.48 +0.01 +0.57%
1896 2.46 +0.01 +0.33%
1895 2.46 −0.03 −1.37%
1894 2.49 −0.07 −2.73%
1893 2.56 +0.02 +0.79%
1892 2.54 +0.01 +0.24%
1891 2.53 +0.03 +1.04%
1890 2.51 +0.02 +0.8%
1889 2.49 −0.04 −1.74%
1888 2.53 −0.01 −0.35%
1887 2.54 +0 +0.04%
1886 2.54 −0.01 −0.47%
1885 2.55 +0.01 +0.24%
1884 2.55 −0.01 −0.31%
1883 2.55 −0.01 −0.23%
1882 2.56 −0.01 −0.47%
1881 2.57 −0.02 −0.92%
1880 2.6 −0.03 −1.33%
1879 2.63 −0 −0.04%
1878 2.63 −0.04 −1.46%
1877 2.67 +0 +0%
1876 2.67 +0.01 +0.23%
1875 2.67 −0.04 −1.37%
1874 2.7 −0.05 −1.82%
1873 2.75 +0.01 +0.51%
1872 2.74 +0.02 +0.7%
1871 2.72 −0.01 −0.22%
1870 2.73 −0 −0.07%
1869 2.73 −0.05 −1.8%
1868 2.78 −0.02 −0.64%
1867 2.8 −0.01 −0.36%
1866 2.81 −0.01 −0.5%
1865 2.82 +0.01 +0.28%
1864 2.81 −0.02 −0.57%
1863 2.83 −0.03 −1.02%
1862 2.86 −0.03 −1.07%
1861 2.89 −0.03 −0.93%
1860 2.91 −0.03 −1.09%
1859 2.95 −0.01 −0.3%
1858 2.96 −0.03 −1.14%
1857 2.99 +0 +0.1%
1856 2.99 +0.01 +0.17%
1855 2.98 −0.04 −1.23%
1854 3.02 −0.05 −1.66%
1853 3.07 +0.02 +0.59%
1852 3.05 +0.03 +1.03%
1851 3.02 +0 +0.13%
1850 3.02

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.