Australia vs Belgium: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement

Australia

202.56 million tonnes

in 2024

Belgium

230.08 million tonnes

in 2024

Australia rank

35th

Belgium rank

32nd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement over time

Belgium currently reports 230.08 million tonnes against 202.56 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 27.52 million tonnes.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

Across all 97 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 35th and Belgium ranks 32nd of 211 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative 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

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.