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Moldova

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 1.8 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has risen by 23%.

11% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 11.7% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 17,643 hectares: 5.0% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year1.752024+0.334.73
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)2.212024+0.486.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person0.682024+0.051.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year-1.122024+0.080.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.072024−0.02100.00
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.2172022−0.0470.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year1572024+17—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year11,9042023−99721,286
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%10.72024+4.631.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%10.72024+4.640.9
Solar share of electricity%1.62024+1.66.9
Wind share of electricity%3.52024+3.58.1
Coal share of electricity%0.020240.034.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity6342024−36471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest11.72023+0.1—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 147 ha2002: 230 ha2003: 101 ha2004: 264 ha2005: 110 ha2006: 173 ha2007: 236 ha2008: 135 ha2009: 188 ha2010: 177 ha2011: 187 ha2012: 1,772 ha2013: 167 ha2014: 363 ha2015: 496 ha2016: 833 ha2017: 1,092 ha2018: 861 ha2019: 817 ha2020: 1,413 ha2021: 1,131 ha2022: 1,130 ha2023: 1,381 ha2024: 1,826 ha2025: 2,413 ha
20012,413 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 2.1 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 0.2 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data