Australia vs Iraq: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement

Australia
202.56 million tonnes
in 2024
Iraq
213.37 million tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
35th
Iraq rank
34th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement over time

  • Australia
  • Iraq
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M192719752024

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 213.37 million tonnes against 202.56 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 10.81 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 97 shared years of data; in 1928 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 35th and Iraq ranks 34th of 211 countries.

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About this data

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