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Australia vs Mexico: Methane emissions

Australia
135.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Mexico
151.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Australia rank
12th
Mexico rank
11th

Methane emissions over time

  • Australia
  • Mexico
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M185019372024

How they compare

Mexico currently reports 151.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 135.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Australia, a difference of 16.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Mexico ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Mexico ranks 11th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.