Canada vs Mexico: Annual CO₂ emissions from coal

Canada

28.67 million tonnes

in 2024

Mexico

40.18 million tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

26th

Mexico rank

23rd

Annual CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Mexico currently reports 40.18 million tonnes against 28.67 million tonnes in Canada, a difference of 11.51 million tonnes.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.4 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 169 shared years of data; in 1856 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 26th 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.