Canada vs Mexico: Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population

Canada

1.4%

in 2024

Mexico

1.2%

in 2024

Canada rank

11th

Mexico rank

14th

Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population over time

Canada currently reports 1.4% against 1.2% in Mexico, a difference of 0.2%.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 169 shared years of data; in 1856 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 11th and Mexico ranks 14th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions vs. share of population
Unit: %
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, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ in the same year.