Germany vs Spain: Annual CO₂ emissions from cement

Germany

10.28 million tonnes

in 2024

Spain

7.84 million tonnes

in 2024

Germany rank

21st

Spain rank

23rd

Annual CO₂ emissions from cement over time

Germany currently reports 10.28 million tonnes against 7.84 million tonnes in Spain, a difference of 2.44 million tonnes.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1928 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 21st and Spain ranks 23rd of 211 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement, measured in tonnes.