Global emissions from the manufacture of cement stood at 1.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) in 2022. Emissions from cement production have increased massively since the 1960s, and have more than doubled since the turn of the century. More than four billion metric tons of cement are currently produced worldwide each year.
Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacture of cement worldwide from 1960 to 2022
(in million metric tons)
Characteristic
Emissions in million metric tons
2022*
1,605
2021*
1,692
2020
1,633
2019
1,616
2018
1,566
2017
1,505
2016
1,483
2015
1,444
2014
1,500
2013
1,443
2012
1,384
2011
1,349
2010
1,255
2009
1,175
2008
1,143
2007
1,129
2006
1,051
2005
964
2004
899
2003
860
2002
782
2001
754
2000
721
1999
691
1998
658
1997
661
1996
635
1995
622
1994
588
1993
551
1992
529
1991
507
1990
494
1989
493
1988
483
1987
459
1986
440
1985
422
1984
417
1983
410
1982
401
1981
403
1980
403
1979
400
1978
395
1977
371
1976
354
1975
339
1974
341
1973
341
1972
322
1971
303
1970
288
1969
271
1968
255
1967
240
1966
233
1965
216
1964
206
1963
186
1962
176
1961
164
1960
157
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Global Carbon Project. (December 5, 2023). Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacture of cement worldwide from 1960 to 2022 (in million metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299532/carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide-cement-manufacturing/
Global Carbon Project. "Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacture of cement worldwide from 1960 to 2022 (in million metric tons)." Chart. December 5, 2023. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299532/carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide-cement-manufacturing/
Global Carbon Project. (2023). Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacture of cement worldwide from 1960 to 2022 (in million metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299532/carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide-cement-manufacturing/
Global Carbon Project. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions from The Manufacture of Cement Worldwide from 1960 to 2022 (in Million Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299532/carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide-cement-manufacturing/
Global Carbon Project, Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacture of cement worldwide from 1960 to 2022 (in million metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299532/carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide-cement-manufacturing/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Carbon dioxide emissions from the manufacture of cement worldwide from 1960 to 2022 (in million metric tons) [Graph], Global Carbon Project, December 5, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299532/carbon-dioxide-emissions-worldwide-cement-manufacturing/