Canada vs Mexico: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil

Canada

15.65 billion tonnes

in 2024

Mexico

14.16 billion tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

8th

Mexico rank

10th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil over time

Canada currently reports 15.65 billion tonnes against 14.16 billion tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 1.50 billion tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 134 shared years of data; in 1891 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 8th and Mexico ranks 10th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil
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, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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