Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Romania

Methane emissions in Romania in 2024 — 21.65 Mt. Ranked 129 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 123.9%.

2024 21.65 Mt −1.46% vs 2023
World rank 129of 199
Period maximum 42.02 Mt1985
Period minimum 9.67 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Romania, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 9.67 Mt1853: 9.88 Mt1856: 10.09 Mt1859: 10.31 Mt1862: 10.53 Mt1865: 10.74 Mt1868: 10.96 Mt1871: 11.18 Mt1874: 11.4 Mt1877: 11.63 Mt1880: 11.84 Mt1883: 12.12 Mt1886: 12.36 Mt1889: 12.62 Mt1892: 12.94 Mt1895: 13.17 Mt1898: 13.58 Mt1901: 13.92 Mt1904: 14.51 Mt1907: 15.67 Mt1910: 16.15 Mt1913: 17.07 Mt1916: 15.83 Mt1919: 16.18 Mt1922: 17.4 Mt1925: 19.4 Mt1928: 22.49 Mt1931: 26.07 Mt1934: 28.36 Mt1937: 26.92 Mt1940: 25.09 Mt1943: 24.32 Mt1946: 22.59 Mt1949: 23.83 Mt1952: 22.91 Mt1955: 24.78 Mt1958: 26.73 Mt1961: 27.42 Mt1964: 28.31 Mt1967: 31.36 Mt1970: 32.41 Mt1973: 35.76 Mt1976: 37.84 Mt1979: 39.25 Mt1982: 39.25 Mt1985: 42.02 Mt1988: 40.65 Mt1991: 30.55 Mt1994: 25.3 Mt1997: 24.32 Mt2000: 22.28 Mt2003: 22.68 Mt2006: 22.98 Mt2009: 22.27 Mt2012: 21.22 Mt2015: 21.94 Mt2018: 22.64 Mt2021: 22 Mt2024: 21.65 Mt
Change over the period: +11.98 (+123.92%) Average annual rate: 0.46 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Romania 21.65 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 1,323.91 Mt
Eastern Europe computed 650.13 Mt
High-income countries computed 2,488.92 Mt
Methane emissions — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 21.65 −0.32 −1.46%
2023 21.97 −0.01 −0.04%
2022 21.98 −0.02 −0.1%
2021 22 +0.25 +1.16%
2020 21.75 −1.1 −4.83%
2019 22.85 +0.21 +0.91%
2018 22.64 +0.27 +1.22%
2017 22.37 −0.11 −0.5%
2016 22.48 +0.55 +2.5%
2015 21.94 +0.24 +1.11%
2014 21.69 +0.63 +2.97%
2013 21.07 −0.15 −0.69%
2012 21.22 +0.17 +0.82%
2011 21.04 −1.12 −5.05%
2010 22.16 −0.11 −0.48%
2009 22.27 −0.98 −4.19%
2008 23.24 +0.19 +0.83%
2007 23.05 +0.07 +0.31%
2006 22.98 +0.6 +2.67%
2005 22.38 −0.04 −0.2%
2004 22.43 −0.25 −1.1%
2003 22.68 −0.13 −0.55%
2002 22.8 +0.89 +4.08%
2001 21.91 −0.37 −1.65%
2000 22.28 −0.25 −1.12%
1999 22.53 −0.55 −2.38%
1998 23.08 −1.24 −5.11%
1997 24.32 −0.52 −2.08%
1996 24.84 +0.38 +1.54%
1995 24.46 −0.83 −3.29%
1994 25.3 −0.12 −0.46%
1993 25.41 −2.47 −8.87%
1992 27.89 −2.66 −8.72%
1991 30.55 −3.85 −11.19%
1990 34.4 −3.75 −9.82%
1989 38.15 −2.51 −6.16%
1988 40.65 −0.3 −0.74%
1987 40.96 +0.45 +1.11%
1986 40.51 −1.52 −3.61%
1985 42.02 +0.64 +1.54%
1984 41.39 +1.26 +3.13%
1983 40.13 +0.88 +2.26%
1982 39.25 −0.17 −0.44%
1981 39.42 +0.44 +1.14%
1980 38.98 −0.27 −0.7%
1979 39.25 +0.36 +0.94%
1978 38.89 +0.16 +0.42%
1977 38.72 +0.88 +2.33%
1976 37.84 +0.7 +1.87%
1975 37.15 +0.63 +1.73%
1974 36.51 +0.75 +2.11%
1973 35.76 +1.25 +3.61%
1972 34.52 +0.98 +2.94%
1971 33.53 +1.12 +3.45%
1970 32.41 −0.18 −0.56%
1969 32.6 +0.48 +1.49%
1968 32.12 +0.76 +2.44%
1967 31.36 +1.36 +4.55%
1966 29.99 +0.67 +2.29%
1965 29.32 +1.01 +3.55%
1964 28.31 −0 −0.01%
1963 28.32 −0.12 −0.43%
1962 28.44 +1.02 +3.7%
1961 27.42 +0.91 +3.45%
1960 26.51 +0.07 +0.28%
1959 26.43 −0.3 −1.13%
1958 26.73 +0.48 +1.84%
1957 26.25 +0.8 +3.13%
1956 25.45 +0.68 +2.73%
1955 24.78 +0.53 +2.17%
1954 24.25 +0.59 +2.49%
1953 23.66 +0.75 +3.27%
1952 22.91 +0.88 +3.97%
1951 22.04 +0.75 +3.55%
1950 21.28 −2.54 −10.67%
1949 23.83 +0.62 +2.66%
1948 23.21 +1.22 +5.55%
1947 21.99 −0.6 −2.65%
1946 22.59 −0.65 −2.79%
1945 23.24 +1.25 +5.67%
1944 21.99 −2.33 −9.57%
1943 24.32 −0.62 −2.47%
1942 24.93 +0.35 +1.44%
1941 24.58 −0.51 −2.04%
1940 25.09 −0.54 −2.1%
1939 25.63 −0.56 −2.15%
1938 26.19 −0.73 −2.71%
1937 26.92 −1.86 −6.46%
1936 28.78 +0.49 +1.73%
1935 28.29 −0.07 −0.23%
1934 28.36 +1.51 +5.61%
1933 26.85 +0.06 +0.24%
1932 26.79 +0.72 +2.75%
1931 26.07 +1.2 +4.84%
1930 24.87 +1.4 +5.96%
1929 23.47 +0.98 +4.37%
1928 22.49 +0.99 +4.62%
1927 21.49 +0.77 +3.73%
1926 20.72 +1.32 +6.82%
1925 19.4 +0.79 +4.27%
1924 18.6 +0.7 +3.92%
1923 17.9 +0.5 +2.9%
1922 17.4 +0.55 +3.28%
1921 16.84 +0.31 +1.88%
1920 16.53 +0.36 +2.21%
1919 16.18 +0.19 +1.2%
1918 15.98 +0.33 +2.1%
1917 15.66 −0.18 −1.11%
1916 15.83 −0.83 −5.01%
1915 16.67 −0.23 −1.37%
1914 16.9 −0.18 −1.03%
1913 17.07 +0.17 +0.98%
1912 16.91 +0.31 +1.88%
1911 16.59 +0.45 +2.76%
1910 16.15 +0.07 +0.41%
1909 16.08 +0.34 +2.19%
1908 15.74 +0.06 +0.41%
1907 15.67 +0.39 +2.55%
1906 15.28 +0.48 +3.26%
1905 14.8 +0.3 +2.04%
1904 14.51 +0.25 +1.78%
1903 14.25 +0.22 +1.53%
1902 14.04 +0.12 +0.87%
1901 13.92 +0.2 +1.45%
1900 13.72 +0.04 +0.28%
1899 13.68 +0.1 +0.72%
1898 13.58 +0.21 +1.53%
1897 13.38 +0.12 +0.92%
1896 13.26 +0.09 +0.65%
1895 13.17 +0.09 +0.7%
1894 13.08 +0.06 +0.43%
1893 13.02 +0.08 +0.63%
1892 12.94 +0.07 +0.56%
1891 12.87 +0.14 +1.12%
1890 12.73 +0.11 +0.87%
1889 12.62 +0.08 +0.68%
1888 12.53 +0.09 +0.75%
1887 12.44 +0.08 +0.66%
1886 12.36 +0.07 +0.61%
1885 12.28 +0.07 +0.56%
1884 12.21 +0.09 +0.76%
1883 12.12 +0.1 +0.84%
1882 12.02 +0.1 +0.86%
1881 11.92 +0.07 +0.63%
1880 11.84 +0.07 +0.61%
1879 11.77 +0.07 +0.62%
1878 11.7 +0.07 +0.63%
1877 11.63 +0.07 +0.63%
1876 11.55 +0.07 +0.64%
1875 11.48 +0.07 +0.65%
1874 11.4 +0.07 +0.64%
1873 11.33 +0.07 +0.67%
1872 11.26 +0.07 +0.64%
1871 11.18 +0.07 +0.68%
1870 11.11 +0.08 +0.7%
1869 11.03 +0.07 +0.65%
1868 10.96 +0.07 +0.68%
1867 10.89 +0.07 +0.68%
1866 10.81 +0.07 +0.68%
1865 10.74 +0.07 +0.67%
1864 10.67 +0.07 +0.69%
1863 10.6 +0.07 +0.67%
1862 10.53 +0.07 +0.7%
1861 10.45 +0.07 +0.7%
1860 10.38 +0.07 +0.69%
1859 10.31 +0.07 +0.69%
1858 10.24 +0.07 +0.72%
1857 10.16 +0.07 +0.7%
1856 10.09 +0.07 +0.71%
1855 10.02 +0.07 +0.71%
1854 9.95 +0.07 +0.72%
1853 9.88 +0.07 +0.72%
1852 9.81 +0.07 +0.73%
1851 9.74 +0.07 +0.73%
1850 9.67

About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

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