Australia vs Mexico: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level

Australia

386.73 million tonnes

in 2024

Mexico

460.99 million tonnes

in 2024

Australia rank

16th

Mexico rank

14th

Carbon dioxide emissions by income level over time

Mexico currently reports 460.99 million tonnes against 386.73 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 74.26 million tonnes.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1856 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 16th and Mexico ranks 14th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Carbon dioxide emissions by income level
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: 07 August 2026

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