Egypt vs North Africa: CO2 emissions from cement production
CO2 emissions from cement production over time
- Egypt
- North Africa
How they compare
North Africa currently reports 45,243 thousand metric tons against 23,190 thousand metric tons in Egypt, a difference of 22,053 thousand metric tons.
That makes North Africa's figure about 2.0 times Egypt's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, North Africa has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 1st and North Africa ranks 2nd of 51 countries.
North Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | North Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,283 thousand metric tons | 2,376 thousand metric tons | 1,093 thousand metric tons | North Africa |
| 1970s | 1,719 thousand metric tons | 4,482 thousand metric tons | 2,763 thousand metric tons | North Africa |
| 1980s | 3,349 thousand metric tons | 11,392 thousand metric tons | 8,043 thousand metric tons | North Africa |
| 1990s | 8,977 thousand metric tons | 19,170 thousand metric tons | 10,192 thousand metric tons | North Africa |
| 2000s | 16,305 thousand metric tons | 33,265 thousand metric tons | 16,960 thousand metric tons | North Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher co2 emissions from cement production, Egypt or North Africa?
- North Africa, at 45,243 thousand metric tons against 23,190 thousand metric tons in Egypt as of 2009.
- What is the difference in co2 emissions from cement production between Egypt and North Africa?
- 22,053 thousand metric tons, with North Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and North Africa?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.
- How do Egypt and North Africa rank globally for co2 emissions from cement production?
- Egypt ranks 1st and North Africa ranks 2nd of 51 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site, published as CO2 emissions from cement production (thousand metric tons). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Carbon dioxide emissions from cement production refer mainly to emissions during cement production. Cement production is a multi-step process and CO2 is actually released from klinker production during the cement production process. The U.S. Department of Energy’s carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) calculates annual anthropogenic emissions from data on fossil fuel consumption (from the United Nations Statistics Division’s World Energy Data Set) and world cement manufacturing (from the U.S. Bureau of Mine’s Cement Manufacturing Data Set). Carbon dioxide emissions, often calculated and reported as elemental carbon, were converted to actual carbon dioxide mass by multiplying them by 3.664 (the ratio of the mass of carbon to that of carbon dioxide). Although estimates of global carbon dioxide emissions are probably accurate within 10 percent (as calculated from global average file chemistry and use), country estimates may have larger error bounds. Trends estimated from a consistent time series tend to be more accurate than individual values. Each year the CDIAC recalculates the entire time series since 1949, incorporating recent findings and corrections. Estimates exclude fuels supplied to ships and aircraft in international transport because of the difficulty of apportioning he fuels among benefitting countries. The ratio of carbon dioxide per unit of energy shows carbon intensity, which is the amount of carbon dioxide emitted as a result of using one unit of energy in the process of production.