In 2023, natural gas power in Mexico emitted 125 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e). Natural gas accounted for roughly 70 percent of electricity generation in Mexico in 2023. Other fossil fuels such as oil and other petroleum products accounted for less than 15 percent of Mexico's power sector emissions in 2023, down from more than 59 percent in 2000.
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Power sector emissions in Mexico from 2000 to 2023, by source
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Characteristic
Bioenergy
Coal
Gas
Hydro
Nuclear
Other Fossil*
Solar
Wind
2023
1.43
29.3
125.22
0.49
0.06
21.56
1.01
0.16
2022
1.43
18.9
117.11
0.85
0.05
22.53
0.92
0.16
2021
1.3
11.71
115.68
0.83
0.06
21.67
0.96
0.16
2020
1.5
16.34
118.33
0.64
0.05
21.35
0.75
0.15
2019
1.56
28.24
127.25
0.56
0.05
22.89
0.47
0.13
2018
1.59
25.09
131.59
0.77
0.06
23.49
0.15
0.1
2017
1.76
26.67
120.1
0.76
0.05
25.58
0.06
0.08
2016
1.65
29.77
117.21
0.73
0.05
22.06
0.01
0.08
2015
1.65
29.18
113.76
0.73
0.05
20.55
0.01
0.07
2014
1.54
29.19
106.27
0.92
0.05
21.81
0.01
0.05
2013
1.58
27.43
101.05
0.67
0.05
31.88
0.01
0.03
2012
1.46
29.58
93.82
0.76
0.04
37.72
0
0.03
2011
1.59
29.19
92.63
0.86
0.05
33.71
0
0.01
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Figures aim to include full lifecycle emissions including upstream methane, supply-chain and manufacturing emissions, and include all gases, converted into CO₂ equivalent over a 100 year timescale.
*Other fossil includes generation from oil and petroleum products, as well as manufactured gases and waste.
**Other renewables generation includes geothermal, tidal and wave generation.
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Ember. (July 3, 2024). Power sector emissions in Mexico from 2000 to 2023, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405629/power-sector-emissions-mexico-by-source/
Ember. "Power sector emissions in Mexico from 2000 to 2023, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. July 3, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405629/power-sector-emissions-mexico-by-source/
Ember. (2024). Power sector emissions in Mexico from 2000 to 2023, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405629/power-sector-emissions-mexico-by-source/
Ember. "Power Sector Emissions in Mexico from 2000 to 2023, by Source (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405629/power-sector-emissions-mexico-by-source/
Ember, Power sector emissions in Mexico from 2000 to 2023, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405629/power-sector-emissions-mexico-by-source/ (last visited July 04, 2025)
Power sector emissions in Mexico from 2000 to 2023, by source (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Ember, July 3, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1405629/power-sector-emissions-mexico-by-source/
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