Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement in Australia
Australia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement was 0.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement in Australia, 1928–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global co₂ emissions from cement in Australia stood at 0.2%.
That represents a change of up 4.6% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from cement in Australia peaked at 1.5% in 1945 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2020.
That places Australia 50th out of 211 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 97 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement in Australia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 1.1% | — |
| 1929 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 1930 | 1.0% | +1.6% |
| 1931 | 0.6% | -35.3% |
| 1932 | 0.5% | -21.2% |
| 1933 | 0.7% | +34.1% |
| 1934 | 0.7% | +8.3% |
| 1935 | 0.9% | +18.6% |
| 1936 | 0.8% | -3.1% |
| 1937 | 0.9% | +6.7% |
| 1938 | 0.5% | -48.1% |
| 1939 | 0.9% | +105.0% |
| 1940 | 1.1% | +17.1% |
| 1941 | 0.8% | -28.9% |
| 1942 | 0.7% | -7.6% |
| 1943 | 0.6% | -22.6% |
| 1944 | 1.0% | +70.5% |
| 1945 | 1.5% | +57.8% |
| 1946 | 1.0% | -34.1% |
| 1947 | 1.0% | +2.7% |
| 1948 | 1.0% | -4.1% |
| 1949 | 0.9% | -7.5% |
| 1950 | 0.9% | +3.7% |
| 1951 | 0.8% | -14.7% |
| 1952 | 0.8% | +3.3% |
| 1953 | 0.9% | +5.8% |
| 1954 | 1.0% | +10.4% |
| 1955 | 0.9% | -5.8% |
| 1956 | 0.9% | -1.0% |
| 1957 | 0.9% | +3.3% |
| 1958 | 0.9% | -0.2% |
| 1959 | 0.9% | -4.8% |
| 1960 | 0.9% | -1.5% |
| 1961 | 0.9% | -1.8% |
| 1962 | 0.8% | -4.5% |
| 1963 | 0.8% | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 0.9% | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 0.9% | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 0.8% | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 0.8% | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 0.8% | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 0.8% | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 0.8% | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 0.8% | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 0.8% | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 0.8% | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 0.7% | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.7% | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 0.7% | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 0.6% | -6.9% |
| 1979 | 0.6% | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 0.7% | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 0.7% | +11.4% |
| 1982 | 0.7% | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 0.6% | -17.7% |
| 1984 | 0.6% | +10.8% |
| 1985 | 0.7% | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 0.7% | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 0.6% | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 0.7% | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 0.7% | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 0.7% | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.6% | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 0.6% | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.6% | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 0.5% | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 0.5% | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | +9.5% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -6.5% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -13.3% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | -8.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -5.5% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +4.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0%, 5.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.2% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0%, 207.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | +105.0% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| 1944 | +70.5% | 0.6% | 1.0% |
| 1945 | +57.8% | 1.0% | 1.5% |
| 1938 | -48.1% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 2 |
| 1930s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More climate change data for Australia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.30 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 118,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,162 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 84,416 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,473 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,966 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,507 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.38 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from cement in Australia?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from cement in Australia was 0.2% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from cement recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 1945.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from cement recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for share of global co₂ emissions from cement?
- Australia ranks 50th out of 211 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from cement rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from cement in the same year.