Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Mexico

Methane emissions in Mexico in 2024 — 151.8 Mt. Ranked 189 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,838.7%.

2024 151.8 Mt +0.9% vs 2023
World rank 189of 199
Period maximum 151.8 Mt2024
Period minimum 7.83 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Mexico, 1850–2024050100150200185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 7.83 Mt1853: 8.08 Mt1856: 8.33 Mt1859: 8.59 Mt1862: 8.82 Mt1865: 9.06 Mt1868: 9.28 Mt1871: 9.54 Mt1874: 9.79 Mt1877: 10.05 Mt1880: 10.31 Mt1883: 10.86 Mt1886: 11.41 Mt1889: 11.97 Mt1892: 12.62 Mt1895: 13.15 Mt1898: 13.75 Mt1901: 14.39 Mt1904: 14.96 Mt1907: 15.56 Mt1910: 16.41 Mt1913: 17.03 Mt1916: 17.04 Mt1919: 17.27 Mt1922: 18.05 Mt1925: 19.23 Mt1928: 20.15 Mt1931: 21.24 Mt1934: 22.5 Mt1937: 24.02 Mt1940: 25.38 Mt1943: 27.28 Mt1946: 31.3 Mt1949: 34.52 Mt1952: 38.08 Mt1955: 41.52 Mt1958: 46.51 Mt1961: 49.8 Mt1964: 54.65 Mt1967: 60.84 Mt1970: 65.43 Mt1973: 69.63 Mt1976: 79.37 Mt1979: 87.17 Mt1982: 100.13 Mt1985: 106.38 Mt1988: 107.54 Mt1991: 112.83 Mt1994: 116.01 Mt1997: 125.22 Mt2000: 126.29 Mt2003: 128.24 Mt2006: 132.23 Mt2009: 136.69 Mt2012: 137.23 Mt2015: 140.26 Mt2018: 143.37 Mt2021: 146.59 Mt2024: 151.8 Mt
Change over the period: +143.97 (+1,838.72%) Average annual rate: 1.72 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mexico 151.8 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
Central America computed 204.17 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3,814.74 Mt
Methane emissions — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 151.8 +1.35 +0.9%
2023 150.46 +1.95 +1.31%
2022 148.5 +1.91 +1.3%
2021 146.59 +0.23 +0.16%
2020 146.36 +1.86 +1.29%
2019 144.51 +1.14 +0.79%
2018 143.37 +0.68 +0.48%
2017 142.68 +0.91 +0.64%
2016 141.78 +1.51 +1.08%
2015 140.26 +1.13 +0.81%
2014 139.13 +0.31 +0.22%
2013 138.82 +1.59 +1.16%
2012 137.23 −2.54 −1.82%
2011 139.77 +3.09 +2.26%
2010 136.68 −0.01 −0.01%
2009 136.69 −1.41 −1.02%
2008 138.1 +3.56 +2.65%
2007 134.53 +2.31 +1.74%
2006 132.23 +3.08 +2.38%
2005 129.15 +1.73 +1.36%
2004 127.41 −0.83 −0.64%
2003 128.24 +3.09 +2.47%
2002 125.15 +0.26 +0.21%
2001 124.88 −1.41 −1.11%
2000 126.29 +2.23 +1.8%
1999 124.06 −3.31 −2.6%
1998 127.37 +2.16 +1.72%
1997 125.22 +5.69 +4.76%
1996 119.53 +1.95 +1.66%
1995 117.58 +1.57 +1.35%
1994 116.01 +0.2 +0.17%
1993 115.81 +3.32 +2.95%
1992 112.49 −0.34 −0.3%
1991 112.83 +0.82 +0.73%
1990 112.01 +0.43 +0.38%
1989 111.58 +4.04 +3.76%
1988 107.54 +0.47 +0.44%
1987 107.07 −0.24 −0.23%
1986 107.31 +0.93 +0.87%
1985 106.38 +2.94 +2.84%
1984 103.44 +1.6 +1.57%
1983 101.84 +1.71 +1.7%
1982 100.13 +3.66 +3.79%
1981 96.48 +4.39 +4.76%
1980 92.09 +4.91 +5.64%
1979 87.17 +2.42 +2.85%
1978 84.76 +2.45 +2.98%
1977 82.3 +2.93 +3.7%
1976 79.37 +2.79 +3.65%
1975 76.58 +3.73 +5.12%
1974 72.85 +3.22 +4.62%
1973 69.63 +1.35 +1.97%
1972 68.29 +1.26 +1.88%
1971 67.03 +1.6 +2.45%
1970 65.43 +2.41 +3.83%
1969 63.01 +1.16 +1.87%
1968 61.86 +1.01 +1.66%
1967 60.84 +1.72 +2.91%
1966 59.12 +2.63 +4.66%
1965 56.49 +1.84 +3.37%
1964 54.65 +2.15 +4.1%
1963 52.5 +1.48 +2.9%
1962 51.02 +1.22 +2.45%
1961 49.8 −0.05 −0.1%
1960 49.85 +1.77 +3.69%
1959 48.08 +1.57 +3.36%
1958 46.51 +1.61 +3.58%
1957 44.9 +1.86 +4.33%
1956 43.04 +1.52 +3.65%
1955 41.52 +1.44 +3.59%
1954 40.08 +1.02 +2.61%
1953 39.06 +0.98 +2.58%
1952 38.08 +1.32 +3.58%
1951 36.77 +1.47 +4.16%
1950 35.3 +0.78 +2.25%
1949 34.52 +0.61 +1.79%
1948 33.91 +1.07 +3.26%
1947 32.84 +1.54 +4.93%
1946 31.3 +1.46 +4.89%
1945 29.84 +1.39 +4.9%
1944 28.45 +1.17 +4.29%
1943 27.28 +0.94 +3.58%
1942 26.34 +0.19 +0.71%
1941 26.15 +0.77 +3.05%
1940 25.38 +0.49 +1.96%
1939 24.89 +0.43 +1.74%
1938 24.46 +0.44 +1.84%
1937 24.02 +0.46 +1.97%
1936 23.56 +0.49 +2.13%
1935 23.07 +0.57 +2.52%
1934 22.5 +0.47 +2.14%
1933 22.03 +0.42 +1.96%
1932 21.61 +0.37 +1.73%
1931 21.24 +0.33 +1.57%
1930 20.91 +0.41 +2.01%
1929 20.5 +0.35 +1.75%
1928 20.15 +0.34 +1.72%
1927 19.8 +0.27 +1.36%
1926 19.54 +0.31 +1.59%
1925 19.23 +0.41 +2.17%
1924 18.83 +0.34 +1.82%
1923 18.49 +0.44 +2.43%
1922 18.05 +0.4 +2.28%
1921 17.65 +0.34 +1.95%
1920 17.31 +0.04 +0.25%
1919 17.27 +0.01 +0.08%
1918 17.25 +0.14 +0.79%
1917 17.12 +0.07 +0.43%
1916 17.04 −0 −0.02%
1915 17.05 −0.06 −0.37%
1914 17.11 +0.08 +0.46%
1913 17.03 −0.08 −0.46%
1912 17.11 −0.09 −0.51%
1911 17.2 +0.79 +4.79%
1910 16.41 +0.25 +1.53%
1909 16.17 +0.14 +0.85%
1908 16.03 +0.47 +2.99%
1907 15.56 +0.24 +1.53%
1906 15.33 +0.21 +1.36%
1905 15.12 +0.17 +1.11%
1904 14.96 +0.2 +1.33%
1903 14.76 +0.19 +1.3%
1902 14.57 +0.19 +1.29%
1901 14.39 +0.22 +1.56%
1900 14.17 +0.23 +1.64%
1899 13.94 +0.19 +1.37%
1898 13.75 +0.19 +1.43%
1897 13.56 +0.2 +1.53%
1896 13.35 +0.2 +1.51%
1895 13.15 +0.18 +1.37%
1894 12.98 +0.18 +1.44%
1893 12.79 +0.18 +1.39%
1892 12.62 +0.19 +1.56%
1891 12.42 +0.27 +2.25%
1890 12.15 +0.18 +1.54%
1889 11.97 +0.18 +1.56%
1888 11.78 +0.18 +1.59%
1887 11.6 +0.18 +1.61%
1886 11.41 +0.18 +1.64%
1885 11.23 +0.18 +1.67%
1884 11.05 +0.18 +1.68%
1883 10.86 +0.18 +1.71%
1882 10.68 +0.18 +1.75%
1881 10.5 +0.18 +1.77%
1880 10.31 +0.09 +0.85%
1879 10.23 +0.09 +0.85%
1878 10.14 +0.09 +0.87%
1877 10.05 +0.09 +0.86%
1876 9.97 +0.09 +0.88%
1875 9.88 +0.09 +0.88%
1874 9.79 +0.09 +0.89%
1873 9.71 +0.09 +0.89%
1872 9.62 +0.09 +0.9%
1871 9.54 +0.09 +0.91%
1870 9.45 +0.09 +0.93%
1869 9.36 +0.09 +0.93%
1868 9.28 +0.07 +0.77%
1867 9.21 +0.07 +0.79%
1866 9.13 +0.07 +0.78%
1865 9.06 +0.07 +0.8%
1864 8.99 +0.07 +0.8%
1863 8.92 +0.1 +1.17%
1862 8.82 +0.07 +0.85%
1861 8.74 +0.07 +0.85%
1860 8.67 +0.08 +0.97%
1859 8.59 +0.08 +0.96%
1858 8.5 +0.08 +0.97%
1857 8.42 +0.09 +1.07%
1856 8.33 +0.09 +1.08%
1855 8.24 +0.08 +0.98%
1854 8.16 +0.08 +1.03%
1853 8.08 +0.08 +1.04%
1852 8 +0.08 +1.06%
1851 7.91 +0.08 +1.06%
1850 7.83

Central America, 2024

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About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

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