China vs Japan: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement
China
17.31 billion tonnes
in 2024
Japan
2.10 billion tonnes
in 2024
China rank
1st
Japan rank
4th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement over time
- China
- Japan
How they compare
China currently reports 17.31 billion tonnes against 2.10 billion tonnes in Japan, a difference of 15.20 billion tonnes.
That makes China's figure about 8.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 97 shared years of data; in 1928 it was Japan ahead.
China ranks 1st and Japan ranks 4th of 211 countries.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.