What is the difference in heating degree days, per capita between Portugal and Romania?

0.0001 units per person, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Romania?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Heating Degree Days, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Portugal vs Romania: Heating Degree Days, per capita

Portugal

0.0002 units per person

in 2024

Romania

0.0003 units per person

in 2024

Portugal rank

53rd

Romania rank

50th

Heating Degree Days, per capita over time

Portugal
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 0.0003 units per person against 0.0002 units per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0001 units per person.

That makes Romania's figure about 1.2 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Portugal ahead.

Portugal ranks 53rd and Romania ranks 50th of 189 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Portugal averaged higher in 4 and Romania in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Portugal	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0003 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0 units per person	Portugal
1970s	0.0004 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Portugal
1980s	0.0003 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0 units per person	Portugal
1990s	0.0003 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0 units per person	Portugal
2000s	0.0003 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0 units per person	Romania
2010s	0.0003 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0 units per person	Romania
2020s	0.0002 units per person	0.0003 units per person	0.0001 units per person	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher heating degree days, per capita, Portugal or Romania?: Romania, at 0.0003 units per person against 0.0002 units per person in Portugal as of 2024.
What is the difference in heating degree days, per capita between Portugal and Romania?: 0.0001 units per person, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Romania?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Portugal and Romania rank globally for heating degree days, per capita?: Portugal ranks 53rd and Romania ranks 50th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Heating Degree Days, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Heating Degree Days, per capita
Unit: units per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 189 places, 11,178 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 16 September 2026

Heating Degree Days divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.