Italy vs Mexico: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Italy

26.01 billion tonnes

in 2024

Mexico

22.02 billion tonnes

in 2024

Italy rank

12th

Mexico rank

14th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Italy currently reports 26.01 billion tonnes against 22.02 billion tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 3.99 billion tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 165 shared years of data; in 1860 it was Mexico ahead.

Italy ranks 12th and Mexico ranks 14th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative 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: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.