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

Colombia
2.67 million tonnes
in 2024
Mexico
2.73 million tonnes
in 2024
Colombia rank
29th
Mexico rank
28th

Year-on-year change in CO₂ emissions over time

  • Colombia
  • Mexico
-40.0M-20.0M020.0M40.0M185719402024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 2.73 million tonnes against 2.67 million tonnes in Colombia, a difference of 66,750 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 53 times across 168 shared years of data; in 1857 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 29th and Mexico ranks 28th of 215 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 5 and Mexico in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade Colombia Mexico Difference Ahead
1850s -1,482 tonnes 3.33 tonnes 1,485 tonnes Mexico
1860s 1,544 tonnes -439.6 tonnes 1,984 tonnes Colombia
1870s 4,775 tonnes 7,668 tonnes 2,893 tonnes Mexico
1880s 4,805 tonnes 21,685 tonnes 16,880 tonnes Mexico
1890s -4,220 tonnes 296,279 tonnes 300,499 tonnes Mexico
1900s -5,249 tonnes 392,632 tonnes 397,880 tonnes Mexico
1910s 10,132 tonnes 3.52 million tonnes 3.51 million tonnes Mexico
1920s 118,237 tonnes -1.99 million tonnes 2.11 million tonnes Colombia
1930s 350,405 tonnes 34,386 tonnes 316,019 tonnes Colombia
1940s 105,713 tonnes 613,280 tonnes 507,567 tonnes Mexico
1950s 1.02 million tonnes 2.93 million tonnes 1.91 million tonnes Mexico
1960s 1.19 million tonnes 4.39 million tonnes 3.20 million tonnes Mexico
1970s 1.63 million tonnes 13.80 million tonnes 12.17 million tonnes Mexico
1980s 882,760 tonnes 8.30 million tonnes 7.42 million tonnes Mexico
1990s 218,580 tonnes 6.28 million tonnes 6.06 million tonnes Mexico
2000s 1.65 million tonnes 7.43 million tonnes 5.78 million tonnes Mexico
2010s 2.72 million tonnes 794,569 tonnes 1.92 million tonnes Colombia
2020s -1.26 million tonnes -1.45 million tonnes 189,140 tonnes Colombia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher year-on-year change in co₂ emissions, Colombia or Mexico?
Mexico, at 2.73 million tonnes against 2.67 million tonnes in Colombia as of 2024.
What is the difference in year-on-year change in co₂ emissions between Colombia and Mexico?
66,750 tonnes, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Mexico?
168 years are reported by both, from 1857 to 2024.
How do Colombia and Mexico rank globally for year-on-year change in co₂ emissions?
Colombia ranks 29th 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.