Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement by country
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.
Countries reporting
152
Highest
17.31 billion tonnes
China
Lowest
13,134 tonnes
Burundi
Median
45.37 million tonnes
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
24,035
What the numbers show
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 17.31 billion tonnes in China; the lowest is 13,134 tonnes in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 45.37 million tonnes, and the mean is 326.90 million tonnes.
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 17.31 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 3.15 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 3 | United States | 3.09 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Japan | 2.10 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Russia | 1.73 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Germany | 1.24 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Turkey | 1.07 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 8 | South Korea | 1.03 billion tonnes | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Italy | 970.56 million tonnes | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Brazil | 869.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Iran | 862.37 million tonnes | 2024 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Vietnam | 784.32 million tonnes | 2024 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Indonesia | 777.96 million tonnes | 2024 | up 62.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 740.64 million tonnes | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Spain | 727.91 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 16 | France | 724.71 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 683.78 million tonnes | 2024 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 640.80 million tonnes | 2024 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Egypt | 610.34 million tonnes | 2024 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 535.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Poland | 444.13 million tonnes | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Taiwan | 419.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Ukraine | 410.53 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Canada | 397.63 million tonnes | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Pakistan | 366.96 million tonnes | 2024 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Malaysia | 295.54 million tonnes | 2024 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Greece | 291.69 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 28 | South Africa | 272.09 million tonnes | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Romania | 269.68 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Philippines | 258.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Algeria | 253.36 million tonnes | 2024 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Belgium | 230.08 million tonnes | 2024 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Argentina | 219.37 million tonnes | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Iraq | 213.37 million tonnes | 2024 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Australia | 202.56 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 195.59 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 193.61 million tonnes | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Morocco | 183.77 million tonnes | 2024 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Uzbekistan | 181.57 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Nigeria | 171.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Portugal | 167.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 42 | North Korea | 161.35 million tonnes | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Venezuela | 155.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Tunisia | 155.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Czechia | 154.85 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Austria | 144.70 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Switzerland | 141.95 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Kazakhstan | 138.47 million tonnes | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Peru | 134.25 million tonnes | 2024 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Sweden | 115.41 million tonnes | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 108.92 million tonnes | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Slovakia | 93.34 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Hungary | 92.07 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Israel | 91.83 million tonnes | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Belarus | 90.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Syria | 88.57 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Denmark | 83.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Croatia | 83.02 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Ireland | 79.44 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 77.78 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Ecuador | 76.74 million tonnes | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Libya | 73.55 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Lebanon | 72.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Jordan | 67.29 million tonnes | 2024 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Norway | 64.50 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Cuba | 60.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Chile | 59.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Kenya | 59.86 million tonnes | 2024 | up 64.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 58.08 million tonnes | 2024 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Netherlands | 56.44 million tonnes | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Oman | 54.54 million tonnes | 2024 | up 81.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Senegal | 51.13 million tonnes | 2024 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Finland | 50.10 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 49.49 million tonnes | 2024 | up 201.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Lithuania | 49.36 million tonnes | 2024 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Qatar | 45.67 million tonnes | 2024 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Cambodia | 45.07 million tonnes | 2024 | up 1,365.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Kuwait | 40.60 million tonnes | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Turkmenistan | 38.14 million tonnes | 2024 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Tanzania | 38.05 million tonnes | 2024 | up 145.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Moldova | 37.27 million tonnes | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.92 million tonnes | 2024 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Cyprus | 36.84 million tonnes | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Guatemala | 35.82 million tonnes | 2024 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 35.19 million tonnes | 2024 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Nepal | 35.08 million tonnes | 2024 | up 359.5% | volatile |
| 87 | New Zealand | 34.99 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Laos | 34.95 million tonnes | 2024 | up 653.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Bolivia | 34.38 million tonnes | 2024 | up 75.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Hong Kong | 31.82 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 30.75 million tonnes | 2024 | up 138.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Myanmar | 30.31 million tonnes | 2024 | up 233.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Slovenia | 29.63 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Angola | 29.35 million tonnes | 2024 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Yemen | 29.04 million tonnes | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 28.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Albania | 27.42 million tonnes | 2024 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Cameroon | 24.73 million tonnes | 2024 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Georgia | 24.40 million tonnes | 2024 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Togo | 23.75 million tonnes | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Honduras | 23.13 million tonnes | 2024 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Uruguay | 22.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Estonia | 22.16 million tonnes | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 21.71 million tonnes | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Luxembourg | 21.07 million tonnes | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Costa Rica | 20.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Zambia | 20.01 million tonnes | 2024 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Mozambique | 19.50 million tonnes | 2024 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 109 | El Salvador | 18.79 million tonnes | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Sudan | 18.19 million tonnes | 2019 | up 298.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Latvia | 18.16 million tonnes | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Panama | 17.85 million tonnes | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Armenia | 16.88 million tonnes | 2024 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 16.44 million tonnes | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 16.22 million tonnes | 2024 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Jamaica | 16.03 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13.22 million tonnes | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 12.94 million tonnes | 2024 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 11.35 million tonnes | 2024 | up 550.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Paraguay | 10.58 million tonnes | 2024 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Uganda | 10.44 million tonnes | 2024 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 8.74 million tonnes | 2024 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Mongolia | 8.30 million tonnes | 2024 | up 117.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Benin | 7.93 million tonnes | 2024 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Bhutan | 7.08 million tonnes | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Bahrain | 6.76 million tonnes | 2024 | up 131.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Mali | 5.60 million tonnes | 2024 | up 664.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Namibia | 5.32 million tonnes | 2024 | up 464.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Haiti | 4.72 million tonnes | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 130 | Gabon | 4.71 million tonnes | 2024 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Bahamas | 4.26 million tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 132 | Congo | 4.25 million tonnes | 2024 | up 290.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Barbados | 4.17 million tonnes | 2024 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Malawi | 3.93 million tonnes | 2024 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Liberia | 3.18 million tonnes | 2024 | up 89.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Iceland | 2.75 million tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 137 | Rwanda | 2.71 million tonnes | 2024 | up 235.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 2.55 million tonnes | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Madagascar | 2.44 million tonnes | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Chad | 1.87 million tonnes | 2024 | up 825.4% | volatile |
| 141 | New Caledonia | 1.75 million tonnes | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Eritrea | 1.42 million tonnes | 2024 | up 99.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Suriname | 1.41 million tonnes | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Djibouti | 1.27 million tonnes | 2024 | up 924.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Fiji | 1.27 million tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 146 | Niger | 862,224 tonnes | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Ghana | 392,087 tonnes | 2024 | up 452.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Botswana | 250,269 tonnes | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Somalia | 104,474 tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 72,439 tonnes | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Guyana | 28,174 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Burundi | 13,134 tonnes | 2024 | — | volatile |
About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.