CO2 emissions from land use — all countries

CO2 emissions from land use — Mexico

CO2 emissions from land use in Mexico in 2024 — -37.24 Mt. Ranked 2 in the world out of 197. Since 1850, the indicator has fallen by 281.8%.

2024 -37.24 Mt −6.59% vs 2023
World rank 2of 197
Period maximum 290.72 Mt1990
Period minimum -37.24 Mt2024

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from land use — Mexico, 1850–2024-1000100200300185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 20.48 Mt1853: 19.9 Mt1856: 20.21 Mt1859: 19.74 Mt1862: 20.08 Mt1865: 21.73 Mt1868: 22.58 Mt1871: 21.79 Mt1874: 22.22 Mt1877: 24.09 Mt1880: 45.19 Mt1883: 66.46 Mt1886: 78.2 Mt1889: 83.76 Mt1892: 110.76 Mt1895: 122.71 Mt1898: 124.86 Mt1901: 107.02 Mt1904: 103.53 Mt1907: 99.05 Mt1910: 79.68 Mt1913: 51.16 Mt1916: 39.35 Mt1919: 31.77 Mt1922: 58.64 Mt1925: 65.37 Mt1928: 69.92 Mt1931: 73.52 Mt1934: 75.8 Mt1937: 79.36 Mt1940: 128.72 Mt1943: 178.69 Mt1946: 193.98 Mt1949: 199.91 Mt1952: 179.75 Mt1955: 183.63 Mt1958: 182.5 Mt1961: 116.83 Mt1964: 67.51 Mt1967: 50.54 Mt1970: 23.9 Mt1973: 30.64 Mt1976: 43.1 Mt1979: 57.72 Mt1982: 150.25 Mt1985: 76.71 Mt1988: 235.71 Mt1991: 187.28 Mt1994: 142.43 Mt1997: 136.42 Mt2000: 135.55 Mt2003: 99.42 Mt2006: 83.58 Mt2009: 42.76 Mt2012: 38.04 Mt2015: 26.09 Mt2018: -35.41 Mt2021: -23.37 Mt2024: -37.24 Mt
Change over the period: −57.72 (−281.81%)

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Mexico

Mexico -37.24 Mt
World computed 5,141.76 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,930.23 Mt
Central America computed 22.53 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 2,170.32 Mt
CO2 emissions from land use — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 -37.24 −2.3 −6.59%
2023 -34.94 −4.6 −15.18%
2022 -30.33 −6.96 −29.77%
2021 -23.37 −39.82 −242.14%
2020 16.44 −45.7 −73.54%
2019 62.14 +97.55 +275.5%
2018 -35.41 −15.98 −82.25%
2017 -19.43 +9.65 +33.18%
2016 -29.08 −55.17 −211.44%
2015 26.09 −11.22 −30.08%
2014 37.32 +5.93 +18.9%
2013 31.38 −6.66 −17.5%
2012 38.04 +1.26 +3.42%
2011 36.78 −7.13 −16.23%
2010 43.91 +1.15 +2.69%
2009 42.76 −5.2 −10.85%
2008 47.96 −11.46 −19.28%
2007 59.42 −24.16 −28.91%
2006 83.58 +4.7 +5.96%
2005 78.88 −6.69 −7.82%
2004 85.57 −13.84 −13.93%
2003 99.42 −4.98 −4.77%
2002 104.4 −10.02 −8.76%
2001 114.42 −21.14 −15.59%
2000 135.55 +6.14 +4.75%
1999 129.41 −20.41 −13.63%
1998 149.83 +13.4 +9.83%
1997 136.42 +17.65 +14.86%
1996 118.78 −13.9 −10.48%
1995 132.68 −9.76 −6.85%
1994 142.43 +8.72 +6.52%
1993 133.71 −8.84 −6.2%
1992 142.56 −44.72 −23.88%
1991 187.28 −103.45 −35.58%
1990 290.72 +11.09 +3.97%
1989 279.64 +43.92 +18.63%
1988 235.71 +62.91 +36.41%
1987 172.8 −31.91 −15.59%
1986 204.71 +128 +166.87%
1985 76.71 −3.08 −3.86%
1984 79.79 −4.8 −5.68%
1983 84.59 −65.66 −43.7%
1982 150.25 +86.29 +134.91%
1981 63.96 −2.6 −3.9%
1980 66.56 +8.84 +15.32%
1979 57.72 +25.86 +81.18%
1978 31.86 −14.5 −31.27%
1977 46.35 +3.26 +7.56%
1976 43.1 +9.37 +27.79%
1975 33.73 +0.27 +0.8%
1974 33.46 +2.81 +9.18%
1973 30.64 −7.73 −20.14%
1972 38.37 +10.14 +35.89%
1971 28.24 +4.34 +18.14%
1970 23.9 +5.59 +30.51%
1969 18.31 −27.12 −59.69%
1968 45.43 −5.11 −10.11%
1967 50.54 −3.09 −5.76%
1966 53.63 −6.65 −11.04%
1965 60.29 −7.22 −10.7%
1964 67.51 −12.64 −15.77%
1963 80.15 −12.01 −13.03%
1962 92.15 −24.68 −21.13%
1961 116.83 −53.12 −31.26%
1960 169.95 −11.28 −6.23%
1959 181.24 −1.26 −0.69%
1958 182.5 +3.75 +2.1%
1957 178.75 −3.44 −1.89%
1956 182.19 −1.45 −0.79%
1955 183.63 −5.28 −2.79%
1954 188.91 +9.11 +5.06%
1953 179.8 +0.06 +0.03%
1952 179.75 −3.94 −2.14%
1951 183.69 −3.67 −1.96%
1950 187.35 −12.56 −6.28%
1949 199.91 −7.2 −3.47%
1948 207.1 +3.67 +1.8%
1947 203.43 +9.45 +4.87%
1946 193.98 +4.07 +2.14%
1945 189.92 +5.41 +2.93%
1944 184.51 +5.81 +3.25%
1943 178.69 +14.08 +8.55%
1942 164.61 +13.77 +9.13%
1941 150.84 +22.12 +17.19%
1940 128.72 +46.6 +56.74%
1939 82.12 +2.55 +3.21%
1938 79.57 +0.2 +0.26%
1937 79.36 +1.24 +1.59%
1936 78.12 +0.52 +0.66%
1935 77.61 +1.8 +2.38%
1934 75.8 −0.47 −0.61%
1933 76.27 +1.55 +2.07%
1932 74.72 +1.19 +1.63%
1931 73.52 +2.11 +2.95%
1930 71.42 +0.16 +0.22%
1929 71.26 +1.34 +1.91%
1928 69.92 +1.86 +2.73%
1927 68.06 +0.62 +0.92%
1926 67.45 +2.08 +3.18%
1925 65.37 +1.61 +2.53%
1924 63.76 +0.93 +1.48%
1923 62.82 +4.18 +7.13%
1922 58.64 +1.9 +3.36%
1921 56.74 +7.08 +14.25%
1920 49.66 +17.89 +56.29%
1919 31.77 −3.61 −10.2%
1918 35.38 −2.04 −5.45%
1917 37.43 −1.93 −4.9%
1916 39.35 −4.64 −10.55%
1915 43.99 −4.9 −10.03%
1914 48.9 −2.26 −4.42%
1913 51.16 −5.5 −9.71%
1912 56.66 −8.27 −12.74%
1911 64.93 −14.75 −18.52%
1910 79.68 −23.15 −22.51%
1909 102.83 +0.27 +0.26%
1908 102.56 +3.51 +3.54%
1907 99.05 −3.68 −3.58%
1906 102.73 +0.64 +0.62%
1905 102.1 −1.43 −1.38%
1904 103.53 −2 −1.89%
1903 105.52 +0.21 +0.2%
1902 105.32 −1.7 −1.59%
1901 107.02 −6.65 −5.85%
1900 113.67 −14.91 −11.59%
1899 128.57 +3.72 +2.98%
1898 124.86 +0.56 +0.45%
1897 124.3 +2.71 +2.23%
1896 121.59 −1.12 −0.91%
1895 122.71 +3.53 +2.96%
1894 119.18 +2.2 +1.88%
1893 116.98 +6.22 +5.61%
1892 110.76 +2.9 +2.69%
1891 107.86 +10.5 +10.79%
1890 97.36 +13.6 +16.24%
1889 83.76 +3.48 +4.34%
1888 80.27 −0.33 −0.41%
1887 80.6 +2.41 +3.08%
1886 78.2 +4.57 +6.21%
1885 73.62 +1.55 +2.16%
1884 72.07 +5.61 +8.43%
1883 66.46 +3.65 +5.81%
1882 62.82 +5.91 +10.38%
1881 56.91 +11.71 +25.92%
1880 45.19 +21.66 +92.03%
1879 23.54 +0.56 +2.43%
1878 22.98 −1.12 −4.64%
1877 24.09 +1.63 +7.27%
1876 22.46 +0.14 +0.63%
1875 22.32 +0.1 +0.47%
1874 22.22 −0.36 −1.59%
1873 22.58 +1.08 +5.01%
1872 21.5 −0.29 −1.33%
1871 21.79 −0.07 −0.32%
1870 21.86 +0.09 +0.4%
1869 21.77 −0.81 −3.59%
1868 22.58 +0.57 +2.59%
1867 22.01 +1.26 +6.06%
1866 20.75 −0.97 −4.47%
1865 21.73 +0.66 +3.14%
1864 21.06 +0.78 +3.86%
1863 20.28 +0.2 +0.99%
1862 20.08 −0.18 −0.91%
1861 20.27 +0.64 +3.23%
1860 19.63 −0.11 −0.57%
1859 19.74 −0.18 −0.91%
1858 19.92 −0.48 −2.37%
1857 20.41 +0.2 +0.96%
1856 20.21 +0.12 +0.61%
1855 20.09 +0.49 +2.48%
1854 19.6 −0.3 −1.5%
1853 19.9 +0.19 +0.96%
1852 19.71 +0.07 +0.35%
1851 19.65 −0.84 −4.09%
1850 20.48

Central America, 2024

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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from land-use change: deforestation, peatland drainage, conversion of land to agriculture — net of absorption by growing forests. This is the only series in the section where values can be negative: a country whose forest cover is expanding absorbs more than it releases. For several countries with active logging this item is comparable to all other emissions combined.

Important: Negative values mean absorption. The estimates here are the most uncertain in all of carbon statistics: they are built from satellite data on forest cover and from models of soil carbon stocks.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.