Italy vs Mexico: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas
Italy
5.90 billion tonnes
in 2024
Mexico
4.88 billion tonnes
in 2024
Italy rank
10th
Mexico rank
12th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from gas over time
- Italy
- Mexico
How they compare
Italy currently reports 5.90 billion tonnes against 4.88 billion tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 1.02 billion tonnes.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.2 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 134 shared years of data; in 1891 it was Mexico ahead.
Italy ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 12th of 146 countries.
Across the 14 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 10 and Mexico in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 0 tonnes | — |
| 1900s | 20,885 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 20,885 tonnes | Italy |
| 1910s | 130,071 tonnes | 0 tonnes | 130,071 tonnes | Italy |
| 1920s | 250,619 tonnes | 177,713 tonnes | 72,906 tonnes | Italy |
| 1930s | 419,899 tonnes | 5.06 million tonnes | 4.64 million tonnes | Mexico |
| 1940s | 1.05 million tonnes | 21.15 million tonnes | 20.10 million tonnes | Mexico |
| 1950s | 25.60 million tonnes | 41.57 million tonnes | 15.97 million tonnes | Mexico |
| 1960s | 140.37 million tonnes | 122.30 million tonnes | 18.07 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1970s | 404.18 million tonnes | 329.28 million tonnes | 74.90 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1980s | 921.14 million tonnes | 735.06 million tonnes | 186.08 million tonnes | Italy |
| 1990s | 1.76 billion tonnes | 1.28 billion tonnes | 481.33 million tonnes | Italy |
| 2000s | 3.06 billion tonnes | 2.10 billion tonnes | 963.74 million tonnes | Italy |
| 2010s | 4.58 billion tonnes | 3.37 billion tonnes | 1.21 billion tonnes | Italy |
| 2020s | 5.64 billion tonnes | 4.54 billion tonnes | 1.09 billion tonnes | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from gas, Italy or Mexico?
- Italy, at 5.90 billion tonnes against 4.88 billion tonnes in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from gas between Italy and Mexico?
- 1.02 billion tonnes, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Mexico?
- 134 years are reported by both, from 1891 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Mexico rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from gas?
- Italy ranks 10th and Mexico ranks 12th of 146 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 gas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.