Mexico vs South America: Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions

Mexico
31.13 kt
in 2050
South America
199.88 kt
in 2050
Mexico rank
12th
South America rank
11th

Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions over time

  • Mexico
  • South America
050100150200196120052050

How they compare

South America currently reports 199.88 kt against 31.13 kt in Mexico, a difference of 168.75 kt.

That makes South America's figure about 6.4 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.

Mexico ranks 12th and South America ranks 11th of 199 countries.

South America has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mexico South America Difference Ahead
1960s 4.05 kt 4.55 kt 0.5002 kt South America
1970s 10.08 kt 14.16 kt 4.08 kt South America
1980s 18.87 kt 23.9 kt 5.03 kt South America
1990s 19.17 kt 36.96 kt 17.79 kt South America
2000s 17.61 kt 66.91 kt 49.3 kt South America
2010s 20.98 kt 103.98 kt 83.01 kt South America
2020s 20.05 kt 151.41 kt 131.36 kt South America
2030s 25.53 kt 172.55 kt 147.02 kt South America
2050s 31.13 kt 199.88 kt 168.74 kt South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher synthetic fertilizers — direct emissions, Mexico or South America?
South America, at 199.88 kt against 31.13 kt in Mexico as of 2050.
What is the difference in synthetic fertilizers — direct emissions between Mexico and South America?
168.75 kt, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and South America?
65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2050.
How do Mexico and South America rank globally for synthetic fertilizers — direct emissions?
Mexico ranks 12th and South America ranks 11th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions (N2O). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Mexico vs South America: Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/synthetic-fertilizers-direct-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/mexico/south-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/synthetic-fertilizers-direct-emissions-n2o-fao-tier-1/mexico/south-america/">Mexico vs South America: Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
251 places, 14,396 data points, 1961–2050
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf