Greece vs Mexico: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Greece
1.66 billion tonnes
in 2024
Mexico
1.74 billion tonnes
in 2024
Greece rank
36th
Mexico rank
35th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

  • Greece
  • Mexico
0500.0M1.0B1.5B185619402024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 1.74 billion tonnes against 1.66 billion tonnes in Greece, a difference of 85.86 million tonnes.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 144 shared years of data; in 1867 it was Mexico ahead.

Greece ranks 36th and Mexico ranks 35th of 179 countries.

Across the 17 decades both report, Greece averaged higher in 6 and Mexico in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade Greece Mexico Difference Ahead
1860s 289,456 tonnes 195,788 tonnes 93,668 tonnes Greece
1870s 1.25 million tonnes 318,186 tonnes 933,331 tonnes Greece
1880s 1.64 million tonnes 1.21 million tonnes 434,604 tonnes Greece
1890s 3.21 million tonnes 11.10 million tonnes 7.89 million tonnes Mexico
1900s 6.55 million tonnes 46.61 million tonnes 40.07 million tonnes Mexico
1910s 11.28 million tonnes 95.04 million tonnes 83.75 million tonnes Mexico
1920s 17.98 million tonnes 122.77 million tonnes 104.78 million tonnes Mexico
1930s 37.05 million tonnes 147.39 million tonnes 110.34 million tonnes Mexico
1940s 46.09 million tonnes 167.69 million tonnes 121.61 million tonnes Mexico
1950s 54.52 million tonnes 190.13 million tonnes 135.61 million tonnes Mexico
1960s 86.54 million tonnes 225.10 million tonnes 138.56 million tonnes Mexico
1970s 162.27 million tonnes 299.46 million tonnes 137.19 million tonnes Mexico
1980s 318.02 million tonnes 417.36 million tonnes 99.34 million tonnes Mexico
1990s 655.20 million tonnes 572.99 million tonnes 82.22 million tonnes Greece
2000s 1.10 billion tonnes 883.62 million tonnes 212.09 million tonnes Greece
2010s 1.50 billion tonnes 1.35 billion tonnes 143.84 million tonnes Greece
2020s 1.64 billion tonnes 1.67 billion tonnes 23.35 million tonnes Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from coal, Greece or Mexico?
Mexico, at 1.74 billion tonnes against 1.66 billion tonnes in Greece as of 2024.
What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from coal between Greece and Mexico?
85.86 million tonnes, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Mexico?
144 years are reported by both, from 1867 to 2024.
How do Greece and Mexico rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from coal?
Greece ranks 36th and Mexico ranks 35th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Greece vs Mexico: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid, drawing on Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-coal/greece/mexico/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-coal/greece/mexico/">Greece vs Mexico: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
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
179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.