Brazil vs Mexico: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Brazil

50.95 million tonnes

in 2024

Mexico

40.18 million tonnes

in 2024

Brazil rank

21st

Mexico rank

23rd

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Brazil currently reports 50.95 million tonnes against 40.18 million tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 10.78 million tonnes.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.3 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1856 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 21st and Mexico ranks 23rd of 179 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal
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: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes.