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