Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement by country

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

Countries reporting
207
Highest
41.9%
China
Lowest
0.0%
Christmas Island
Median
0.0%
Years covered
145
1880–2024
Data points
19,494

What the numbers show

Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 41.9% in China; the lowest is 0.0% in Christmas Island.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.5%.

Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 1,095.4%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 100.0%).

Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 41.9% 2024 down 17.3% volatile
2 India 12.6% 2024 up 62.7% volatile
3 Vietnam 3.0% 2024 up 37.9% volatile
4 Turkey 2.9% 2024 up 19.3% volatile
5 United States 2.5% 2024 down 4.2% volatile
6 Iran 2.5% 2024 up 7.1% volatile
7 Indonesia 2.0% 2024 up 19.3% volatile
8 Saudi Arabia 2.0% 2024 up 1.3% volatile
9 Egypt 1.9% 2024 up 37.5% volatile
10 Brazil 1.7% 2024 up 0.7% rising
11 Russia 1.7% 2024 down 3.4% volatile
12 South Korea 1.4% 2024 down 18.0% volatile
13 Japan 1.4% 2024 down 22.5% volatile
14 Mexico 1.3% 2024 up 6.1% rising
15 Thailand 1.2% 2024 down 8.9% volatile
16 Malaysia 1.0% 2024 up 64.8% volatile
17 Pakistan 1.0% 2024 up 19.6% rising
18 Iraq 0.9% 2024 up 264.8% volatile
19 Algeria 0.9% 2024 up 60.8% volatile
20 Nigeria 0.7% 2024 up 43.1% volatile
21 Germany 0.7% 2024 down 19.3% volatile
22 Philippines 0.7% 2024 up 36.5% rising
23 Spain 0.5% 2024 down 10.7% falling
24 Canada 0.5% 2024 up 25.1% falling
25 Italy 0.5% 2024 down 18.0% volatile
26 Poland 0.5% 2024 up 4.9% volatile
27 United Arab Emirates 0.4% 2024 down 46.9% volatile
28 Cambodia 0.4% 2024 up 1,095.4% volatile
29 Peru 0.4% 2024 up 28.1% rising
30 France 0.4% 2024 down 17.5% volatile
31 South Africa 0.4% 2024 up 16.3% volatile
32 Laos 0.3% 2024 up 489.3% volatile
33 Taiwan 0.3% 2024 down 31.4% volatile
34 Colombia 0.3% 2024 down 2.2% rising
35 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2024 up 39.5% volatile
36 Morocco 0.3% 2024 down 14.2% rising
37 Tunisia 0.3% 2024 down 11.9% volatile
38 Argentina 0.3% 2024 down 15.6% volatile
39 Romania 0.3% 2024 up 28.1% volatile
40 United Kingdom 0.2% 2024 down 12.9% volatile
41 Uzbekistan 0.2% 2024 up 11.1% volatile
42 Ukraine 0.2% 2024 up 2.3% volatile
43 Kenya 0.2% 2024 up 88.4% rising
44 Senegal 0.2% 2024 up 65.5% volatile
45 Myanmar 0.2% 2024 up 523.2% volatile
46 Greece 0.2% 2024 down 20.5% volatile
47 Ethiopia 0.2% 2024 up 42.0% volatile
48 Tanzania 0.2% 2024 up 174.1% volatile
49 Oman 0.2% 2024 up 39.1% volatile
50 Australia 0.2% 2024 down 11.7% falling
51 North Korea 0.2% 2024 up 7.1% volatile
52 Belarus 0.2% 2024 down 10.6% falling
53 Dominican Republic 0.2% 2024 up 32.0% volatile
54 Nepal 0.2% 2024 up 96.1% volatile
55 Ecuador 0.1% 2024 down 15.6% volatile
56 Belgium 0.1% 2024 down 16.4% volatile
57 Tajikistan 0.1% 2024 up 283.6% volatile
58 Portugal 0.1% 2024 down 32.0% falling
59 Qatar 0.1% 2024 down 20.0% volatile
60 Israel 0.1% 2024 down 18.7% falling
62 Cameroon 0.1% 2024 up 266.4% volatile
63 Jordan 0.1% 2024 down 1.2% volatile
64 Bolivia 0.1% 2024 up 23.3% volatile
65 Austria 0.1% 2024 down 4.6% volatile
66 Switzerland 0.1% 2024 down 17.8% volatile
67 Czechia 0.1% 2024 up 1.4% volatile
68 Kuwait 0.1% 2024 up 31.4% volatile
69 Sudan 0.1% 2019 up 364.0% volatile
70 Bangladesh 0.1% 2024 up 90.7% volatile
71 Serbia 0.1% 2024 up 65.7% volatile
72 Slovakia 0.1% 2024 up 3.5% volatile
73 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2024 up 57.1% volatile
74 Guatemala 0.1% 2024 up 32.0% volatile
75 Syria 0.1% 2024 up 64.3% volatile
76 Burkina Faso 0.1% 2024 up 679.5% volatile
77 Sweden 0.1% 2024 down 13.1% volatile
78 Libya 0.1% 2024 down 56.6% volatile
79 Angola 0.1% 2024 down 42.4% volatile
80 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2024 up 22.7% falling
81 Bulgaria 0.1% 2024 up 21.7% volatile
82 Mozambique 0.1% 2024 up 87.7% volatile
83 Croatia 0.1% 2024 down 10.4% volatile
84 Venezuela 0.1% 2024 down 66.8% volatile
85 Denmark 0.1% 2024 up 12.1% volatile
86 Togo 0.1% 2024 up 120.6% volatile
87 Cyprus 0.1% 2024 down 2.4% volatile
88 Lebanon 0.1% 2024 down 64.1% volatile
89 Albania 0.1% 2024 down 12.1% volatile
90 Zambia 0.1% 2024 up 21.2% falling
91 Chile 0.1% 2024 down 15.6% volatile
92 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.1% 2024 up 551.6% volatile
93 Turkmenistan 0.1% 2024 down 26.6% volatile
94 Yemen 0.1% 2024 down 38.1% volatile
95 Georgia 0.1% 2024 up 5.3% volatile
96 Honduras 0.0% 2024 up 10.7% volatile
97 Mali 0.0% 2024 up 176.4% volatile
98 Uganda 0.0% 2024 up 69.8% volatile
99 Hong Kong 0.0% 2024 down 14.7% volatile
100 Mongolia 0.0% 2024 up 234.8% volatile
101 Norway 0.0% 2024 down 17.2% volatile
102 Armenia 0.0% 2024 up 141.1% volatile
103 Moldova 0.0% 2024 up 26.2% volatile
104 Hungary 0.0% 2024 down 2.5% volatile
105 Panama 0.0% 2024 down 30.8% falling
106 Latvia 0.0% 2024 down 3.7% volatile
107 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2024 up 35.8% falling
108 Lithuania 0.0% 2024 up 25.8% volatile
109 Namibia 0.0% 2024 up 56.4% volatile
110 Benin 0.0% 2024 up 118.2% volatile
111 Slovenia 0.0% 2024 up 10.3% volatile
112 Finland 0.0% 2024 down 3.8% volatile
113 Costa Rica 0.0% 2024 down 18.9% volatile
114 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2024 down 20.8% volatile
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2024 up 20.6% volatile
116 El Salvador 0.0% 2024 up 8.0% volatile
117 New Zealand 0.0% 2024 down 38.0% volatile
118 Uruguay 0.0% 2024 up 9.9% volatile
119 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 down 12.3% volatile
120 Congo 0.0% 2024 up 96.9% volatile
121 Paraguay 0.0% 2024 up 39.1% volatile
122 Bahrain 0.0% 2024 down 37.6% volatile
123 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 down 7.4% volatile
124 Rwanda 0.0% 2024 up 718.9% volatile
125 Cuba 0.0% 2024 down 56.5% volatile
126 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 down 14.4% volatile
128 Malawi 0.0% 2024 up 95.2% volatile
129 Chad 0.0% 2024 up 204.0% volatile
130 Gabon 0.0% 2024 up 220.9% volatile
131 Nicaragua 0.0% 2024 down 23.3% rising
132 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 up 186.1% volatile
133 Liberia 0.0% 2024 up 62.8% volatile
134 Haiti 0.0% 2024 up 52.0% volatile
135 Barbados 0.0% 2024 up 52.0% volatile
136 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 down 20.7% volatile
137 Madagascar 0.0% 2024 up 1.3% volatile
138 Ghana 0.0% 2024 up 88.9% volatile
139 Niger 0.0% 2024 up 95.7% volatile
140 New Caledonia 0.0% 2024 down 34.0% volatile
141 Suriname 0.0% 2024 down 27.6% volatile
142 Guyana 0.0% 2024 volatile
143 Afghanistan 0.0% 2024 down 62.4% volatile
144 Botswana 0.0% 2024 down 25.7% volatile
145 Burundi 0.0% 2024 volatile
146 Aruba 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Andorra 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 volatile
146 Belize 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Brunei 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Central African Republic 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Comoros 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 volatile
146 Curacao 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Dominica 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Estonia 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% volatile
146 Fiji 0.0% 2024 volatile
146 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Gambia 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Grenada 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Greenland 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Iceland 0.0% 2024 volatile
146 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Lesotho 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Macao 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Maldives 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Netherlands 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% volatile
146 Nauru 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Palau 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Palestine 0.0% 2024 flat
146 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Singapore 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Somalia 0.0% 2024 volatile
146 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Eswatini 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
146 East Timor 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Tonga 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Tuvalu 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 flat
146 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Vanuatu 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Anguilla 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Niue 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Saint Helena 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Wallis and Futuna 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Antarctica 0.0% 2024 flat
146 Christmas Island 0.0% 2024 flat

About this data

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