South Korea vs Mexico: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

South Korea
20.71 billion tonnes
in 2024
Mexico
22.02 billion tonnes
in 2024
South Korea rank
16th
Mexico rank
14th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

  • South Korea
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 22.02 billion tonnes against 20.71 billion tonnes in South Korea, a difference of 1.31 billion tonnes.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

Across all 116 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.

South Korea ranks 16th and Mexico ranks 14th of 215 countries.

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About this data

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

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