Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement, per capita by country
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
151
Highest
31.12 tonnes per person
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0009 tonnes per person
Burundi
Median
5.08 tonnes per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,623
What the numbers show
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement, per capita is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 31.12 tonnes per person in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.0009 tonnes per person in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.08 tonnes per person, and the mean is 6.85 tonnes per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 33,281.
Over the past decade 138 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 1,178.8%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 29.8%).
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement, per capita (cement capita): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 31.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Greece | 28.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Cyprus | 27.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Croatia | 21.47 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 5 | South Korea | 19.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Belgium | 19.4 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 18.15 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 17.62 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Slovakia | 17.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 10 | Lithuania | 17.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Japan | 16.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 16.91 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 16.46 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 14 | Estonia | 16.15 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Qatar | 15.98 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Austria | 15.77 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 15.76 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 18 | Portugal | 15.7 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Moldova | 15.52 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Spain | 14.9 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Germany | 14.85 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 22 | Barbados | 14.75 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Ireland | 14.72 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Czechia | 14.2 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 25 | Romania | 14.15 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Slovenia | 13.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 27 | Denmark | 13.89 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 28 | Tunisia | 12.65 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Turkey | 12.52 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 45.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Lebanon | 12.48 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 31 | China | 12.28 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Poland | 12.15 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Russia | 12.05 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 34 | Serbia | 11.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Norway | 11.58 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 36 | Albania | 11.54 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Sweden | 10.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 38 | Ukraine | 10.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Bahamas | 10.61 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 40 | France | 10.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 41 | Oman | 10.33 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Libya | 9.96 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Belarus | 9.86 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Latvia | 9.73 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9.66 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Canada | 9.64 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 47 | Hungary | 9.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 48 | Thailand | 9.54 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Iran | 9.42 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Israel | 9.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 51 | United States | 9.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 52 | Bhutan | 8.95 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 103.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Finland | 8.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 54 | Malaysia | 8.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Kuwait | 8.29 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Vietnam | 7.77 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 139.6% | volatile |
| 57 | United Kingdom | 7.72 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 58 | Australia | 7.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 59 | Iceland | 7.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 60 | Kazakhstan | 6.72 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 61 | New Zealand | 6.62 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 62 | Uruguay | 6.58 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 63 | Georgia | 6.4 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 64 | North Korea | 6.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 65 | New Caledonia | 5.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Jordan | 5.82 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Mexico | 5.66 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Jamaica | 5.64 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Armenia | 5.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Venezuela | 5.49 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 71 | Cuba | 5.47 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Algeria | 5.41 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Egypt | 5.24 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.11 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 75 | Turkmenistan | 5.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 76 | Dominican Republic | 5.08 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 40.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Uzbekistan | 4.99 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 78 | Morocco | 4.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Argentina | 4.8 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 80 | Iraq | 4.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 81 | Laos | 4.5 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 550.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Bahrain | 4.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 91.1% | volatile |
| 83 | South Africa | 4.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 84 | Ecuador | 4.23 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Hong Kong | 4.23 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Brazil | 4.1 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 4.08 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Panama | 3.95 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 90 | Peru | 3.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Colombia | 3.7 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 92 | Syria | 3.59 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Azerbaijan | 3.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 94 | Netherlands | 3.14 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 95 | Chile | 3.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 96 | El Salvador | 2.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 2.9 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 89.9% | rising |
| 98 | Togo | 2.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Bolivia | 2.77 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Senegal | 2.76 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Indonesia | 2.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Cambodia | 2.56 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1,178.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Mongolia | 2.35 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 82.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Philippines | 2.23 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Suriname | 2.22 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 106 | India | 2.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Honduras | 2.14 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Guatemala | 1.95 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Gabon | 1.86 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Namibia | 1.76 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 330.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Paraguay | 1.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Pakistan | 1.46 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Fiji | 1.36 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 1.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 1.26 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Nepal | 1.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 328.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Djibouti | 1.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 778.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Kenya | 1.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 119 | Zambia | 0.9388 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 120 | Cameroon | 0.8491 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Angola | 0.7746 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 122 | Sri Lanka | 0.7399 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Nigeria | 0.7351 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Yemen | 0.7156 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Congo | 0.6712 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 206.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Liberia | 0.567 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Mozambique | 0.5631 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 128 | Myanmar | 0.5562 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 209.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Tanzania | 0.5549 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Benin | 0.5482 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 0.4821 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 403.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Haiti | 0.4011 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 133 | Eritrea | 0.4005 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Sudan | 0.3993 tonnes per person | 2019 | up 202.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 0.3748 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 131.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Mali | 0.2286 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 462.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Uganda | 0.2088 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 138 | Rwanda | 0.1903 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 167.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Malawi | 0.1813 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 0.1614 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.1505 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 142 | Cape Verde | 0.138 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 143 | Botswana | 0.0993 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Chad | 0.092 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 546.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Madagascar | 0.0764 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 146 | Afghanistan | 0.0599 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 147 | Guyana | 0.0339 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Niger | 0.0319 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 149 | Ghana | 0.0114 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 349.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Somalia | 0.0055 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Burundi | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cumulative co2 cement Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.