List of Countries By Cement Production

This is a list of top countries by cement production in 2011 based on USGS Mineral Program Cement Report. (Jan 2012)

While the top 3, China, India and USA, didn't change in the last 6 years, between 2005 to 2010 declining US production by 36.5% was noteworthy. In 2011 U.S. Production performed a slight increase (1,8%). The most progressing countries in terms of ranking are Turkey (10th to 4th), Brazil (13th to 5th) and Vietnam (17th to 8th). All top European cement producing countries except Turkey lost their rankings (Spain, Italy, Germany and France), as a result of the global financial crisis.

World Cement production in 2011e:

Rank Country/Region mil Tonnes
1 People's Republic of China 2,000
2 India 210
3 Iran 72
4 United States 68.4
5 Turkey 64
6 Brazil 62.6
7 Russia 52
8 Viet Nam 50
9 Japan 47
10 South Korea 46
11 Egypt 45
12 Saudi Arabia 44
13 Thailand 36
14 Italy 35
15 Mexico 35
16 Germany 33
17 Pakistan 30
18 Indonesia 22
19 Spain 20.7
Others 480
2011 World Production 3,400

This is a list of countries by cement production in 2005 mostly based on accessed in September 2008.

Cement production:

Rank Country/Region m in million Tonnes
– World 2,310
1 People's Republic of China 1,038
2 India 217
3 United States 100
4 Japan 69
5 Iran 65
6 South Korea 51
7 Spain 50
8 Russia 48
9 Italy 46
10 Turkey 42
11 Thailand 37
12 Indonesia 37
13 Brazil 36
14 Mexico 36
15 Germany 30
16 Egypt 29
17 Viet Nam 29
18 Saudi Arabia 26
19 France 21
20 Bangladesh 20
21 Pakistan 18
22 Malaysia 17.8
23 Greece 15
24 Canada 14.1
25 Philippines 13
26 South Africa 13
27 Poland 12.6
28 Ukraine 12.1
29 United Kingdom 11.4
31 Morocco 11
30 Venezuela 10
32 Colombia 9.9
33 Algeria 9
34 Australia 9
35 Portugal 9
36 United Arab Emirates 8
37 Argentina 7.5
38 Romania 7
39 Belgium 7
40 Tunisia 6.5
41 North Korea 5.7
42 Republic of China 5.1
43 Uzbekistan 5
44 Syria 4.8
45 Austria 4.7
46 Peru 4.6
47 Jordan 4
48 Switzerland 4
49 Ireland 4
50 Israel 4
51 Chile 3.9
52 Czech Republic 3.9
53 Kazakhstan 3.9
54 Libya 3.6
55 Croatia 3.5
56 Hungary 3.5
57 Slovakia 3.4
58 Lebanon 3.3
59 Belarus 3.1
60 Ecuador 3.1
61 Iraq 3
62 Kuwait 2.7
63 Dominican Republic 2.6
64 Sweden 2.6
65 Oman 2.5
66 Netherlands 2.4
67 Nigeria 2.4
68 Denmark 2.2
69 Serbia 2.2
70 Kenya 2.1
71 Bulgaria 2.1
72 Costa Rica 2
73 Honduras 2
74 Ghana 1.9
75 Cyprus 1.8
76 Guatemala 1.8
77 Senegal 1.7
78 Ethiopia 1.5
79 Yemen 1.5
80 Azerbaijan 1.5
81 Norway 1.5
82 Bolivia 1.4
83 El Salvador 1.4
84 Qatar 1.4
85 Tanzania 1.3
86 Cuba 1.3
87 Finland 1.3
88 Slovenia 1.2
89 Sri Lanka 1.1
90 New Zealand 1.1
91 Uruguay 1
92 Hong Kong 1
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1
94 Cameroon 1

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