Kenya vs Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria: CO2 emissions from cement production
CO2 emissions from cement production over time
- Kenya
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria currently reports 15,021 thousand metric tons against 1,657 thousand metric tons in Kenya, a difference of 13,364 thousand metric tons.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria's figure about 9.1 times Kenya's.
Across all 42 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria ranks 6th of 51 countries.
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 295.19 thousand metric tons | 3,630 thousand metric tons | 3,335 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria |
| 1970s | 451.04 thousand metric tons | 5,061 thousand metric tons | 4,610 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria |
| 1980s | 610.92 thousand metric tons | 4,539 thousand metric tons | 3,928 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria |
| 1990s | 751.37 thousand metric tons | 6,070 thousand metric tons | 5,319 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria |
| 2000s | 1,016 thousand metric tons | 10,996 thousand metric tons | 9,981 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher co2 emissions from cement production, Kenya or Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria?
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria, at 15,021 thousand metric tons against 1,657 thousand metric tons in Kenya as of 2009.
- What is the difference in co2 emissions from cement production between Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria?
- 13,364 thousand metric tons, with Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2009.
- How do Kenya and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria rank globally for co2 emissions from cement production?
- Kenya ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria ranks 6th 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.