TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇲🇽 Mexico
World rank #11 · North America · Same as 176 million cars driven for a year
176 million
cars driven for a year
812 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +2.1%/yr
Mexico ranks #11 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 812 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.North AmericaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#11 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
13Comisión Federal de Electricidad EPE= 12.7M cars/yr58.4 Mt CO₂eNEW45Petróleos Mexicanos EPE= 5.3M cars/yr24.6 Mt CO₂eNEW108Mexico Infrastructure Partners SAPI de CV= 3.6M cars/yr16.6 Mt CO₂eNEW210Petrolera Cárdenas Mora SAPI de CV= 2M cars/yr9.2 Mt CO₂eNEW211Perenco SA= 2M cars/yr9.2 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (28)
432Valia Energía= 1.3M cars/yr6.1 Mt CO₂eNEW489Saavi Energia S de RL de CV= 1.2M cars/yr5.4 Mt CO₂eNEW524Altos Hornos de Mexico SAB de CV= 879k cars/yr4 Mt CO₂eNEW659Naturgy México SA de CV= 685k cars/yr3.1 Mt CO₂eNEW687CEMEX SAB de CV= 603k cars/yr2.8 Mt CO₂eNEW819ArcelorMittal México SA de CV= 695k cars/yr3.2 Mt CO₂eNEW822Techgen SA de CV= 476k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eNEW882Invenergy Services LLC= 414k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eNEW895Abeinsa Juárez N-III SA de CV= 411k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eNEW915Iberdrola México SA de CV= 389k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW1032Iberdrola Generación México= 307k cars/yr1.4 Mt CO₂eNEW1041Termoelectrica De Mexicali S de RL de CV= 306k cars/yr1.4 Mt CO₂eNEW1080Minera México= 276k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1087Compania de Generacion Valladolid S de RL de CV= 269k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1119Compañía De Nitrógeno De Cantarell SA de CV= 255k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1124Ternium México SA de CV= 274k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1147Electricidad Sol de Tuxpan S de RL de CV= 238k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1173Corporación Moctezuma SAB de CV= 230k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1174Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure Ltd= 224k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eNEW1206KST Electric Power Company SAPI de CV= 208k cars/yr958.2 kt CO₂eNEW1212Southern Copper Corp= 211k cars/yr970.1 kt CO₂eNEW1213Cooperativa La Cruz Azul SCL= 208k cars/yr958.5 kt CO₂eNEW1429AES México= 111k cars/yr511 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico_Salinas - Sureste_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 24.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Santa María Chimalapa Municipality | Forestry & Land | 13.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Manzanillo (Manuel Álvarez Moreno) power station | Power | 8.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Petacalco power station | Power | 6.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Mexico_Sabinas - Rio Grande_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Presidente Juárez power station | Power | 4.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Carbón II power station | Power | 4.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Altos Hornos De Mexico SA AHMSA steel plant | Manufacturing | 4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Noreste (Escobedo) power station | Power | 3.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Río Bravo II (Anahuac) power station | Power | 3.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| ArcelorMittal Lázaro Cárdenas steel plant | Manufacturing | 3.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Mexico_Salinas - Sureste_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 3.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Pdte. Adolfo Lopez Mateos (Tuxpan) Power Plant | Power | 3.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Empalme I power station | Power | 3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| José López Portillo power station | Power | 3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population