Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement in Colombia
Colombia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement was 0.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement in Colombia, 1921–2024
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 Colombia stood at 0.3%.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from cement in Colombia peaked at 0.7% in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1921.
Colombia ranks 34th of 211 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 104 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 0.0% | — |
| 1922 | 0.0% | — |
| 1923 | 0.0% | — |
| 1924 | 0.0% | — |
| 1925 | 0.0% | — |
| 1926 | 0.0% | — |
| 1927 | 0.0% | — |
| 1928 | 0.0% | — |
| 1929 | 0.0% | — |
| 1930 | 0.0% | — |
| 1931 | 0.0% | — |
| 1932 | 0.0% | — |
| 1933 | 0.0% | — |
| 1934 | 0.1% | — |
| 1935 | 0.1% | -11.1% |
| 1936 | 0.1% | +15.7% |
| 1937 | 0.2% | +15.3% |
| 1938 | 0.2% | +18.5% |
| 1939 | 0.2% | +30.8% |
| 1940 | 0.3% | +28.3% |
| 1941 | 0.2% | -19.0% |
| 1942 | 0.3% | +8.9% |
| 1943 | 0.4% | +38.1% |
| 1944 | 0.6% | +66.3% |
| 1945 | 0.6% | +6.6% |
| 1946 | 0.5% | -30.6% |
| 1947 | 0.4% | -12.1% |
| 1948 | 0.4% | -11.1% |
| 1949 | 0.4% | +15.4% |
| 1950 | 0.4% | +3.0% |
| 1951 | 0.4% | +0.9% |
| 1952 | 0.4% | +1.3% |
| 1953 | 0.5% | +13.0% |
| 1954 | 0.5% | +1.5% |
| 1955 | 0.5% | -2.0% |
| 1956 | 0.5% | +7.8% |
| 1957 | 0.5% | -4.3% |
| 1958 | 0.5% | -5.6% |
| 1959 | 0.5% | -1.1% |
| 1960 | 0.5% | -0.7% |
| 1961 | 0.5% | +4.6% |
| 1962 | 0.5% | +1.6% |
| 1963 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.5% | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 0.5% | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.4% | -6.1% |
| 1967 | 0.4% | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 0.5% | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 0.4% | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 0.5% | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 0.5% | -3.7% |
| 1972 | 0.5% | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.5% | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.5% | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 0.4% | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 0.5% | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 0.4% | -13.3% |
| 1978 | 0.5% | +17.4% |
| 1979 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.5% | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 0.6% | +12.8% |
| 1983 | 0.5% | -8.8% |
| 1984 | 0.6% | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 0.6% | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.6% | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 0.6% | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 0.6% | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 0.6% | -4.5% |
| 1990 | 0.6% | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 0.5% | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 0.6% | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 0.7% | +10.6% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6% | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 0.6% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -27.6% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +18.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | -14.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -1.2% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 5.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0%, 16.7× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from cement in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | +66.3% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 9 |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More climate change data for Colombia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 578.93 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 89,376 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 19,540 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 69,836 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 73.73 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2,494 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 8,330 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,828 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,502 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 14.44 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from cement in Colombia?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from cement in Colombia was 0.3% 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1994.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from cement recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1921.
- How does Colombia rank for share of global co₂ emissions from cement?
- Colombia ranks 34th out of 211 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from cement rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.