Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement, per square kilometre by country
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
151
Highest
30,304 tonnes per square kilometre
Hong Kong
Lowest
0.1334 tonnes per square kilometre
Guyana
Median
283.37 tonnes per square kilometre
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,429
What the numbers show
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement, per square kilometre is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 30,304 tonnes per square kilometre in Hong Kong; the lowest is 0.1334 tonnes per square kilometre in Guyana.
The median across all reporting countries is 283.37 tonnes per square kilometre, and the mean is 1,212 tonnes per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 144 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 1,365.0%), and the largest decrease in Iceland (down 0.6%).
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement, per square kilometre (cement): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 30,304 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 2 | South Korea | 10,514 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Barbados | 9,664 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Bahrain | 8,450 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 122.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 8,183 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 6 | Belgium | 7,545 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 7 | Lebanon | 7,086 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Japan | 5,772 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Israel | 4,244 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Cyprus | 3,987 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Qatar | 3,974 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 86.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Switzerland | 3,593 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 3,550 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 14 | Italy | 3,282 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 2,726 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,578 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Vietnam | 2,502 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Kuwait | 2,278 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Greece | 2,263 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 20 | United Kingdom | 2,212 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 21 | Denmark | 2,076 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 22 | Czechia | 2,007 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 23 | Slovakia | 1,941 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 24 | China | 1,844 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Portugal | 1,833 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Austria | 1,754 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 27 | Netherlands | 1,676 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 28 | Croatia | 1,484 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 29 | Jamaica | 1,480 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Slovenia | 1,471 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 1,457 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Poland | 1,451 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Turkey | 1,391 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 34 | France | 1,345 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 35 | North Korea | 1,340 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Thailand | 1,338 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 1,205 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Romania | 1,172 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Ireland | 1,153 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 40 | Moldova | 1,132 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 41 | India | 1,060 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Hungary | 1,009 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 1,003 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Albania | 1,001 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Tunisia | 999.59 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 46 | El Salvador | 907 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Malaysia | 899.54 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Serbia | 888.04 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 49 | Philippines | 866.28 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Lithuania | 788.64 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 51 | Jordan | 757.84 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Ukraine | 708.54 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 53 | Egypt | 613.13 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Armenia | 598.65 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 55 | Cuba | 578.43 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Iran | 531.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Estonia | 518.67 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 58 | Iraq | 491.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Syria | 482.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Pakistan | 476.03 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Belarus | 443.66 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 62 | Togo | 436.65 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 425.75 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 40.5% | rising |
| 64 | Bahamas | 425.49 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 414.21 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Uzbekistan | 414.06 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 67 | Morocco | 411.76 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Indonesia | 411.09 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Mexico | 381 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Georgia | 351.11 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 71 | United States | 337.9 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 72 | Guatemala | 334.31 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Ecuador | 309 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Saudi Arabia | 298.09 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Latvia | 291.84 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 76 | Sweden | 283.37 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 77 | Senegal | 265.57 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 99.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 262.13 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Cambodia | 255.34 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 1,365.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 252.77 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 81 | Nepal | 244.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 359.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Panama | 240.58 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 83 | South Africa | 224.3 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 221.57 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 138.7% | rising |
| 85 | Bangladesh | 215.19 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 92.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Honduras | 206.68 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 192.48 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 88 | Nigeria | 187.79 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Bhutan | 185.65 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Norway | 177.07 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 91 | Venezuela | 176.68 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Colombia | 176.29 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Oman | 176.22 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 81.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Haiti | 171.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Finland | 164.82 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 96 | Laos | 151.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 653.9% | volatile |
| 97 | New Zealand | 132.9 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 98 | Uruguay | 127.41 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 99 | Rwanda | 114.17 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 248.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Algeria | 106.38 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Russia | 105.73 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 102 | Peru | 104.88 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Brazil | 103.97 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Kenya | 103.04 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 105 | New Caledonia | 94.06 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 81.16 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 107 | Chile | 80.7 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Argentina | 80.16 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 71.07 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Benin | 70.32 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 87.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Fiji | 69.12 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 56.12 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Yemen | 55.01 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Djibouti | 54.91 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 924.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Cameroon | 52.31 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Uganda | 52.07 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 97.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 51.29 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 118 | Myanmar | 46.44 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 233.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Canada | 45.24 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Ethiopia | 44.1 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Tanzania | 43.04 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Libya | 41.8 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Malawi | 41.64 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 41.49 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 550.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Liberia | 33.04 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 89.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Bolivia | 31.6 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 74.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Iceland | 27.29 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 128 | Zambia | 26.92 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Paraguay | 26.71 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Australia | 26.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Mozambique | 24.8 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Angola | 23.54 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Gabon | 18.28 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Cape Verde | 17.97 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 135 | Congo | 12.45 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 290.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Eritrea | 11.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 99.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Sudan | 9.74 tonnes per square kilometre | 2019 | up 133.0% | rising |
| 138 | Suriname | 8.77 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.25 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 140 | Namibia | 6.47 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 464.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Mongolia | 5.32 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Mali | 4.59 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 664.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Madagascar | 4.2 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Afghanistan | 3.91 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 145 | Ghana | 1.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 452.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Chad | 1.48 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 825.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Niger | 0.6807 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Burundi | 0.5114 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 149 | Botswana | 0.4416 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Somalia | 0.1665 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 151 | Guyana | 0.1334 tonnes per square kilometre | 2024 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Cumulative co2 cement Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.