Mexico CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Mexico emit in 2012?

Mexico emitted 501.57 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 1.44% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Mexico in 2012?

In 2012, Mexico emitted 4.33 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 115755912.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 501.57 million tonnes emitted by Mexico in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	290.16	2.51
Gas	135.73	1.17
Coal	49.22	0.43
Cement	18.41	0.16
Flaring	8.05	0.07

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