Brazil vs South Korea: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement

Brazil
869.01 million tonnes
in 2024
South Korea
1.03 billion tonnes
in 2024
Brazil rank
10th
South Korea rank
8th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement over time

  • Brazil
  • South Korea
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 1.03 billion tonnes against 869.01 million tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 157.21 million tonnes.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

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

Brazil ranks 10th and South Korea ranks 8th 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.