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.
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
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.4% (2100)
- Population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Population, total 27.61 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Urban population 24.22 million (2025)
- Urban population 87.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 14.48 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 20.04 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 14.48 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 14.48 tonnes per person (2024)
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.