South Korea vs Mexico: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions

South Korea
708.87 million tonnes
in 2023
Mexico
564.97 million tonnes
in 2023
South Korea rank
8th
Mexico rank
11th

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time

  • South Korea
  • Mexico
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M199020062023

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 708.87 million tonnes against 564.97 million tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 143.90 million tonnes.

That makes South Korea's figure about 1.3 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 8th and Mexico ranks 11th of 120 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Consumption-based CO₂ emissions
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
121 places, 4,098 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes.