Table 3.
Average cement content of ready-mix concrete and average distance between cement factories and ready-mix plants of precast industries (ERMCO 2017, 2020; WB 2022; CEMNET 2022; USGS 2021)
| Region | Cement content in ready-mix concrete | Distance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [kg/m3] | [km] | |||||
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2020 | |
| Africa | ||||||
| Nigeria | 426.8 | |||||
| America | ||||||
| Brazil | 421.7 | |||||
| Colombia | 317.6 | |||||
| Canada | 1058.6 | |||||
| United States | 261 | 270 | 270 | 270 | 270 | 417.4 |
| Rest of America | ||||||
| Europe | ||||||
| Austria | 260 | 260 | 260 | 260 | 122.5 | |
| Belgium | 310 | 280 | 280 | 280 | 77.8 | |
| Czechia | 298 | 298 | 272 | 272 | 160.4 | |
| Denmark | 260 | 260 | 260 | 260 | 200.0 | |
| Finland | 355 | 350 | 350 | 345 | 450.1 | |
| France | 298 | 297 | 297 | 298 | 152.6 | |
| Germany | 303 | 305 | 301 | 298 | 118.2 | |
| Ireland | 260 | 260 | 260 | 255 | 151.5 | |
| Italy | 320 | 320 | 320 | 320 | 99.3 | |
| Netherlands | 314 | 315 | 315 | 313 | 149.8 | |
| Poland | 278 | 285 | 270 | 270 | 217.0 | |
| Portugal | 278 | 244 | 204 | 195 | 196 | 151.3 |
| Slovakia | 303 | 300 | 302 | 300 | 138.7 | |
| Spain | 270 | 275 | 275 | 283 | 154.2 | |
| Sweden | 638.2 | |||||
| United Kingdom | 278 | 258 | 262 | 260 | 168.7 | |
| EU | 288 | 285 | 283 | 282 | 128.8 | |
| Norway | 360 | 360 | 360 | 365 | 603.6 | |
| Switzerland | 280 | 280 | 280 | 280 | 114.8 | |
| Turkey | 305 | 295 | 290 | 290 | 142.3 | |
| Middle East | ||||||
| Iran | ||||||
| Israel | 120.1 | |||||
| Asia | ||||||
| China | 151.8 | |||||
| India | 143.2 | |||||
| Japan | 348 | 348 | 351 | 351 | 153.3 | |
| Indonesia | 306.4 | |||||
| Pakistan | 234.7 | |||||
| Thailand | 252.7 | |||||
| Taiwan | ||||||
| Russia | 360 | 360 | 359 | 360 | 699.2 | |
| CIS | ||||||
| Oceania | ||||||
| Australia and New Zealand | ||||||
| Rest of Asia and Oceania | ||||||
| World | 300.6 | 298.6 | 296.7 | 296.9 | 288.8 | |