Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement by country

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from cement.

Countries reporting
207
Highest
34.8%
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 cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 34.8% 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 61 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 909.1%), and the largest decrease in Bahamas (down 31.1%).

Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 34.8% 2024 up 20.1% volatile
2 India 6.3% 2024 up 27.1% volatile
3 United States 6.2% 2024 down 20.8% volatile
4 Japan 4.2% 2024 down 22.1% rising
5 Russia 3.5% 2024 down 21.1% rising
6 Germany 2.5% 2024 down 23.3% falling
7 Turkey 2.2% 2024 up 10.8% volatile
8 South Korea 2.1% 2024 down 9.9% volatile
9 Italy 2.0% 2024 down 25.4% flat
10 Brazil 1.7% 2024 down 6.0% volatile
11 Iran 1.7% 2024 up 15.5% volatile
12 Vietnam 1.6% 2024 up 81.8% volatile
13 Indonesia 1.6% 2024 up 11.6% volatile
14 Mexico 1.5% 2024 down 6.9% volatile
15 Spain 1.5% 2024 down 21.8% rising
16 France 1.5% 2024 down 24.5% falling
17 Thailand 1.4% 2024 down 0.3% volatile
18 Saudi Arabia 1.3% 2024 up 19.7% volatile
19 Egypt 1.2% 2024 up 17.4% rising
20 United Kingdom 1.1% 2024 down 25.3% falling
21 Poland 0.9% 2024 down 18.0% rising
22 Taiwan 0.8% 2024 down 20.8% volatile
23 Ukraine 0.8% 2024 down 24.5% rising
24 Canada 0.8% 2024 down 16.7% falling
25 Pakistan 0.7% 2024 up 19.7% rising
26 Malaysia 0.6% 2024 up 8.1% volatile
27 Greece 0.6% 2024 down 22.4% volatile
28 South Africa 0.5% 2024 down 13.5% volatile
29 Romania 0.5% 2024 down 20.4% rising
30 Philippines 0.5% 2024 up 7.3% volatile
31 Algeria 0.5% 2024 up 24.8% volatile
32 Belgium 0.5% 2024 down 22.9% falling
33 Argentina 0.4% 2024 down 13.5% falling
34 Iraq 0.4% 2024 up 27.2% volatile
35 Australia 0.4% 2024 down 19.6% flat
36 Colombia 0.4% 2024 down 10.5% volatile
37 United Arab Emirates 0.4% 2024 up 4.6% volatile
38 Morocco 0.4% 2024 down 6.5% rising
39 Uzbekistan 0.4% 2024 down 13.9% rising
40 Nigeria 0.3% 2024 up 51.5% volatile
41 Portugal 0.3% 2024 down 20.2% rising
42 North Korea 0.3% 2024 down 18.7% volatile
43 Venezuela 0.3% 2024 down 24.4% volatile
44 Tunisia 0.3% 2024 down 4.1% volatile
45 Czechia 0.3% 2024 down 22.3% volatile
46 Austria 0.3% 2024 down 21.7% falling
47 Switzerland 0.3% 2024 down 22.0% falling
48 Kazakhstan 0.3% 2024 down 3.0% volatile
49 Peru 0.3% 2024 up 6.9% rising
50 Sweden 0.2% 2024 down 21.9% falling
51 Bulgaria 0.2% 2024 down 23.2% rising
52 Slovakia 0.2% 2024 down 19.2% volatile
53 Hungary 0.2% 2024 down 24.6% flat
54 Israel 0.2% 2024 down 13.5% rising
55 Belarus 0.2% 2024 down 8.0% rising
56 Syria 0.2% 2024 down 22.2% volatile
57 Denmark 0.2% 2024 down 20.6% falling
58 Croatia 0.2% 2024 down 19.9% falling
60 Serbia 0.2% 2024 down 19.7% rising
61 Ecuador 0.2% 2024 down 3.4% volatile
62 Libya 0.1% 2024 down 14.6% volatile
63 Lebanon 0.1% 2024 down 13.5% rising
64 Jordan 0.1% 2024 down 7.9% volatile
65 Norway 0.1% 2024 down 22.9% falling
66 Cuba 0.1% 2024 down 24.8% rising
67 Chile 0.1% 2024 down 18.9% falling
68 Kenya 0.1% 2024 up 13.1% rising
69 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2024 up 7.0% volatile
70 Netherlands 0.1% 2024 down 29.9% volatile
71 Oman 0.1% 2024 up 24.9% volatile
72 Senegal 0.1% 2024 up 37.2% volatile
73 Finland 0.1% 2024 down 22.6% falling
74 Ethiopia 0.1% 2024 up 107.9% volatile
75 Lithuania 0.1% 2024 down 22.7% volatile
76 Qatar 0.1% 2024 up 28.8% volatile
77 Cambodia 0.1% 2024 up 909.1% volatile
78 Kuwait 0.1% 2024 up 6.6% volatile
79 Turkmenistan 0.1% 2024 down 7.3% rising
80 Tanzania 0.1% 2024 up 69.1% volatile
81 Moldova 0.1% 2024 down 20.7% volatile
82 Kyrgyzstan 0.1% 2024 down 6.6% rising
83 Cyprus 0.1% 2024 down 9.4% volatile
84 Guatemala 0.1% 2024 up 2.5% volatile
85 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2024 down 3.2% rising
86 Nepal 0.1% 2024 up 216.5% volatile
87 New Zealand 0.1% 2024 down 21.5% falling
88 Laos 0.1% 2024 up 419.3% volatile
89 Bolivia 0.1% 2024 up 20.7% volatile
90 Hong Kong 0.1% 2024 down 14.5% rising
91 Tajikistan 0.1% 2024 up 64.4% volatile
92 Myanmar 0.1% 2024 up 129.5% volatile
93 Slovenia 0.1% 2024 down 19.1% falling
94 Angola 0.1% 2024 up 17.9% rising
95 Yemen 0.1% 2024 down 6.4% volatile
96 Bangladesh 0.1% 2024 up 32.3% volatile
97 Albania 0.1% 2024 up 8.8% volatile
98 Cameroon 0.0% 2024 up 48.7% volatile
99 Georgia 0.0% 2024 down 3.1% rising
100 Togo 0.0% 2024 up 7.7% volatile
101 Honduras 0.0% 2024 up 2.1% volatile
102 Uruguay 0.0% 2024 down 18.9% falling
103 Estonia 0.0% 2024 down 26.8% rising
104 Zimbabwe 0.0% 2024 down 11.8% volatile
105 Sudan 0.0% 2019 up 160.1% rising
107 Costa Rica 0.0% 2024 down 12.6% volatile
108 Zambia 0.0% 2024 up 26.8% rising
109 Mozambique 0.0% 2024 up 38.4% rising
110 El Salvador 0.0% 2024 down 14.2% volatile
111 Latvia 0.0% 2024 down 4.5% rising
112 Panama 0.0% 2024 up 2.3% rising
113 Armenia 0.0% 2024 down 10.9% rising
114 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0% 2024 up 0.6% falling
115 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2024 down 8.0% rising
116 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 down 10.0% volatile
117 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 down 14.9% volatile
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2024 down 3.3% rising
119 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2024 up 348.3% volatile
120 Paraguay 0.0% 2024 up 3.6% volatile
121 Uganda 0.0% 2024 up 36.2% rising
122 Nicaragua 0.0% 2024 down 7.9% rising
123 Mongolia 0.0% 2024 up 49.8% volatile
124 Benin 0.0% 2024 up 29.1% volatile
125 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 up 51.5% volatile
126 Bahrain 0.0% 2024 up 59.1% volatile
127 Mali 0.0% 2024 up 426.3% volatile
128 Namibia 0.0% 2024 up 288.5% volatile
129 Haiti 0.0% 2024 down 12.6% volatile
130 Gabon 0.0% 2024 up 12.8% volatile
131 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 down 31.1% volatile
132 Congo 0.0% 2024 up 168.9% volatile
133 Barbados 0.0% 2024 down 10.4% volatile
134 Malawi 0.0% 2024 up 19.3% rising
135 Liberia 0.0% 2024 up 30.3% volatile
136 Iceland 0.0% 2024 down 31.1% volatile
137 Rwanda 0.0% 2024 up 131.3% volatile
138 Afghanistan 0.0% 2024 down 19.6% volatile
139 Madagascar 0.0% 2024 down 9.6% rising
140 Chad 0.0% 2024 up 537.5% volatile
141 New Caledonia 0.0% 2024 down 15.7% volatile
142 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 up 37.2% volatile
143 Suriname 0.0% 2024 down 21.1% volatile
144 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 up 605.6% volatile
145 Fiji 0.0% 2024 down 31.1% volatile
146 Niger 0.0% 2024 up 4.6% rising
147 Ghana 0.0% 2024 up 280.4% volatile
148 Botswana 0.0% 2024 down 21.5% volatile
149 Somalia 0.0% 2024 down 31.1% volatile
150 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 down 31.1% volatile
151 Guyana 0.0% 2024 volatile
152 Burundi 0.0% 2024 volatile
153 Aruba 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Andorra 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Belize 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Brunei 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Central African Republic 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Comoros 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Curacao 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Dominica 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Gambia 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Grenada 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Greenland 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Lesotho 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Macao 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Maldives 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Nauru 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Palau 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Palestine 0.0% 2024 flat
153 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Singapore 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 flat
153 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Eswatini 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
153 East Timor 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Tonga 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Tuvalu 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 flat
153 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Vanuatu 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Anguilla 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Niue 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Saint Helena 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Wallis and Futuna 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Antarctica 0.0% 2024 flat
153 Christmas Island 0.0% 2024 flat

About this data

Indicator
Share of global cumulative 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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Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from cement since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from cement.