Australia vs Mexico: Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions

Australia
2.42 million tonnes
in 2024
Mexico
2.73 million tonnes
in 2024
Australia rank
30th
Mexico rank
28th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Mexico
-40.0M-20.0M020.0M40.0M175118872024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 2.73 million tonnes against 2.42 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 317,470 tonnes.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 77 times across 168 shared years of data; in 1857 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 30th and Mexico ranks 28th of 215 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 12 and Mexico in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Mexico Difference Ahead
1850s 62,021 tonnes 3.33 tonnes 62,017 tonnes Australia
1860s 97,974 tonnes -439.6 tonnes 98,413 tonnes Australia
1870s 111,319 tonnes 7,668 tonnes 103,651 tonnes Australia
1880s 367,242 tonnes 21,685 tonnes 345,557 tonnes Australia
1890s 244,631 tonnes 296,279 tonnes 51,648 tonnes Mexico
1900s 588,354 tonnes 392,632 tonnes 195,722 tonnes Australia
1910s 760,521 tonnes 3.52 million tonnes 2.76 million tonnes Mexico
1920s 472,073 tonnes -1.99 million tonnes 2.46 million tonnes Australia
1930s 1.11 million tonnes 34,386 tonnes 1.07 million tonnes Australia
1940s 1.01 million tonnes 613,280 tonnes 394,782 tonnes Australia
1950s 3.50 million tonnes 2.93 million tonnes 567,582 tonnes Australia
1960s 5.33 million tonnes 4.39 million tonnes 945,620 tonnes Australia
1970s 5.59 million tonnes 13.80 million tonnes 8.21 million tonnes Mexico
1980s 6.45 million tonnes 8.30 million tonnes 1.85 million tonnes Mexico
1990s 8.70 million tonnes 6.28 million tonnes 2.42 million tonnes Australia
2000s 6.31 million tonnes 7.43 million tonnes 1.12 million tonnes Mexico
2010s 794,822 tonnes 794,569 tonnes 252.8 tonnes Australia
2020s -5.64 million tonnes -1.45 million tonnes 4.19 million tonnes Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Australia or Mexico?
Mexico, at 2.73 million tonnes against 2.42 million tonnes in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Australia and Mexico?
317,470 tonnes, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Mexico?
168 years are reported by both, from 1857 to 2024.
How do Australia and Mexico rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
Australia ranks 30th and Mexico ranks 28th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 23,088 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

Annual growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.