Mexico vs South Africa: Annual CO₂ emissions by world region

Mexico
460.99 million tonnes
in 2024
South Africa
439.83 million tonnes
in 2024
Mexico rank
14th
South Africa rank
15th

Annual CO₂ emissions by world region over time

  • Mexico
  • South Africa
0200.0M400.0M600.0M185619402024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 460.99 million tonnes against 439.83 million tonnes in South Africa, a difference of 21.16 million tonnes.

The two have swapped places 16 times across 141 shared years of data; in 1884 it was Mexico ahead.

Mexico ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 15th of 215 countries.

Across the 15 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico South Africa Difference Ahead
1880s 154,263 tonnes 61,067 tonnes 93,197 tonnes Mexico
1890s 1.75 million tonnes 2.92 million tonnes 1.17 million tonnes South Africa
1900s 5.75 million tonnes 9.07 million tonnes 3.32 million tonnes South Africa
1910s 19.13 million tonnes 19.71 million tonnes 574,472 tonnes South Africa
1920s 58.03 million tonnes 27.64 million tonnes 30.39 million tonnes Mexico
1930s 20.70 million tonnes 31.50 million tonnes 10.80 million tonnes South Africa
1940s 24.19 million tonnes 52.30 million tonnes 28.11 million tonnes South Africa
1950s 41.90 million tonnes 79.22 million tonnes 37.33 million tonnes South Africa
1960s 77.46 million tonnes 120.61 million tonnes 43.15 million tonnes South Africa
1970s 167.35 million tonnes 183.77 million tonnes 16.42 million tonnes South Africa
1980s 292.37 million tonnes 303.96 million tonnes 11.59 million tonnes South Africa
1990s 347.03 million tonnes 346.21 million tonnes 819,100 tonnes Mexico
2000s 442.86 million tonnes 425.73 million tonnes 17.13 million tonnes Mexico
2010s 478.00 million tonnes 461.99 million tonnes 16.01 million tonnes Mexico
2020s 449.76 million tonnes 436.00 million tonnes 13.77 million tonnes Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions by world region, Mexico or South Africa?
Mexico, at 460.99 million tonnes against 439.83 million tonnes in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions by world region between Mexico and South Africa?
21.16 million tonnes, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South Africa?
141 years are reported by both, from 1884 to 2024.
How do Mexico and South Africa rank globally for annual co₂ emissions by world region?
Mexico ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 15th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mexico vs South Africa: Annual CO₂ emissions by world region. Statizoid, drawing on Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/annual-co-emissions-by-region/mexico/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/annual-co-emissions-by-region/mexico/south-africa/">Mexico vs South Africa: Annual CO₂ emissions by world region</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions by world region
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
216 places, 23,583 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed

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