Morocco vs South Africa: CO2 emissions from cement production
CO2 emissions from cement production over time
- Morocco
- South Africa
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 5,985 thousand metric tons against 5,735 thousand metric tons in South Africa, a difference of 250 thousand metric tons.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Africa ahead.
Morocco ranks 3rd and South Africa ranks 4th of 51 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Morocco | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 411.8 thousand metric tons | 1,780 thousand metric tons | 1,368 thousand metric tons | South Africa |
| 1970s | 1,061 thousand metric tons | 3,311 thousand metric tons | 2,250 thousand metric tons | South Africa |
| 1980s | 1,895 thousand metric tons | 3,809 thousand metric tons | 1,915 thousand metric tons | South Africa |
| 1990s | 3,201 thousand metric tons | 4,099 thousand metric tons | 898.05 thousand metric tons | South Africa |
| 2000s | 5,271 thousand metric tons | 5,307 thousand metric tons | 35.21 thousand metric tons | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher co2 emissions from cement production, Morocco or South Africa?
- Morocco, at 5,985 thousand metric tons against 5,735 thousand metric tons in South Africa as of 2009.
- What is the difference in co2 emissions from cement production between Morocco and South Africa?
- 250 thousand metric tons, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and South Africa?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.
- How do Morocco and South Africa rank globally for co2 emissions from cement production?
- Morocco ranks 3rd and South Africa ranks 4th 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.