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Japan vs Mexico: Carbon intensity of energy

Japan
208.5 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Mexico
210.53 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Japan rank
105th
Mexico rank
104th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Japan
  • Mexico
0100200300196519942024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 210.53 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 208.5 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Japan, a difference of 2.03 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Mexico ahead.

Japan ranks 105th and Mexico ranks 104th of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of energy
Unit
grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.