Mexico CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Mexico emit in 2008?

Mexico emitted 473.11 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 1.48% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Mexico in 2008?

In 2008, Mexico emitted 4.31 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 109684496.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 473.11 million tonnes emitted by Mexico in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 288.4 2.63
Gas 118.57 1.08
Coal 40.78 0.37
Cement 18.64 0.17
Flaring 6.72 0.06

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