China vs India: Annual CO₂ emissions from cement

China
617.75 million tonnes
in 2024
India
185.97 million tonnes
in 2024
China rank
1st
India rank
2nd

Annual CO₂ emissions from cement over time

  • China
  • India
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M192819762024

How they compare

China currently reports 617.75 million tonnes against 185.97 million tonnes in India, a difference of 431.78 million tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 3.3 times India's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1928 it was India ahead.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 211 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from cement
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
211 places, 24,035 data points, 1750–2024
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement, measured in tonnes.