Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) vs Tunisia: CO2 emissions from cement production
CO2 emissions from cement production over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Tunisia
How they compare
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 21,919 thousand metric tons against 3,990 thousand metric tons in Tunisia, a difference of 17,929 thousand metric tons.
That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 5.5 times Tunisia's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 4th and Tunisia ranks 5th of 6 groups.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,358 thousand metric tons | 220.75 thousand metric tons | 4,138 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1970s | 8,523 thousand metric tons | 336.26 thousand metric tons | 8,187 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1980s | 10,048 thousand metric tons | 1,354 thousand metric tons | 8,694 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 11,487 thousand metric tons | 2,173 thousand metric tons | 9,314 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 17,246 thousand metric tons | 3,308 thousand metric tons | 13,938 thousand metric tons | Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher co2 emissions from cement production, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) or Tunisia?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 21,919 thousand metric tons against 3,990 thousand metric tons in Tunisia as of 2009.
- What is the difference in co2 emissions from cement production between Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Tunisia?
- 17,929 thousand metric tons, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Tunisia?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2009.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) and Tunisia rank globally for co2 emissions from cement production?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 4th and Tunisia ranks 5th of 6 groups.
- 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.