Australia vs Mexico: Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions

Australia

386.73 million tonnes

in 2024

Mexico

460.99 million tonnes

in 2024

Australia rank

16th

Mexico rank

14th

Kaya identity: drivers of CO₂ emissions over time

Mexico currently reports 460.99 million tonnes against 386.73 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 74.26 million tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 16th and Mexico ranks 14th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Kaya identity: drivers of 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: 216 places, 12,568 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.