China vs India: Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement

China

41.9%

in 2024

India

12.6%

in 2024

China rank

1st

India rank

2nd

Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement over time

China currently reports 41.9% against 12.6% in India, a difference of 29.3%.

That makes China's figure about 3.3 times India's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 97 shared years of data; in 1928 it was India ahead.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 211 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement
Unit: %
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, 19,494 data points, 1880–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from cement in the same year.