Australia vs Mexico: Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems

Australia
195.49 million tonnes CO₂e
in 2015
Mexico
237.56 million tonnes CO₂e
in 2015
Australia rank
17th
Mexico rank
15th

Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems over time

  • Australia
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 237.56 million tonnes CO₂e against 195.49 million tonnes CO₂e in Australia, a difference of 42.07 million tonnes CO₂e.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.

Australia ranks 17th and Mexico ranks 15th of 217 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions from food systems
Unit
tonnes CO₂e
Source
Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 5,642 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents.