Ecuador vs Mexico
Ecuador vs Mexico: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 2.65 tonnes in Ecuador and 3.64 tonnes in Mexico, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mexico, by 0.99 tonnes, or 1.38 times that in Ecuador.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Mexico has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Ecuador ranked 98 and Mexico ranked 79 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Ecuador | Mexico | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.65 | 3.64 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 3.67 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 2.48 | 3.52 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 2.33 | 3.55 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 2.09 | 3.46 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 2.42 | 3.93 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 2.48 | 3.84 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 2.45 | 4.06 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 2.55 | 4.06 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 2.66 | 4.05 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 2.71 | 4.02 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 2.6 | 4.17 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 2.48 | 4.33 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 2.5 | 4.22 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 2.54 | 4.2 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 2.39 | 4.12 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 2.24 | 4.28 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.21 | 4.33 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 2.2 | 4.33 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 2.09 | 4.23 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 1.97 | 4.12 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 1.87 | 4.09 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 1.85 | 3.95 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 1.88 | 3.94 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 1.74 | 4.02 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 1.74 | 3.84 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 2 | 4.02 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 2.08 | 3.84 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 2.03 | 3.7 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 1.8 | 3.59 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 1.67 | 3.88 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 1.62 | 3.66 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 1.7 | 3.62 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 1.64 | 3.64 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 1.68 | 3.5 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 1.6 | 3.61 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 1.63 | 3.51 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 1.48 | 3.6 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.65 | 3.53 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 1.62 | 3.66 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 1.54 | 3.61 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 1.51 | 3.63 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 1.65 | 3.94 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 1.68 | 3.76 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 1.57 | 3.58 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 1.53 | 3.32 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 1.45 | 3.22 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 1.33 | 2.95 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 1.17 | 2.93 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 1.05 | 2.83 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 1 | 2.76 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.84 | 2.58 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.69 | 2.47 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.71 | 2.31 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.82 | 2.38 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ecuador vs Mexico
Health
- Life expectancyEcuador: 77.4 years in 2023Mexico: 75.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEcuador: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Mexico: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEcuador: 9.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mexico: 10.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterEcuador: 67.1% in 2022Mexico: 43% in 2022
- DepressionEcuador: 2.98% in 2017Mexico: 2.79% in 2017
- Suicide rateEcuador: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Mexico: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEcuador: 18 million people in 2023Mexico: 130 million people in 2023
- Population growthEcuador: 0.87% a year in 2023Mexico: 0.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEcuador: 1.82 births per woman in 2023Mexico: 1.91 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEcuador: 63.4% in 2025Mexico: 80% in 2025
- Median ageEcuador: 28.4 years in 2023Mexico: 28.9 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEcuador: 8.1% in 2023Mexico: 8% in 2023
- Net migration rateEcuador: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Mexico: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEcuador: 2.1% of GDP in 2025Mexico: 0.74% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEcuador: $2.71B in 2025Mexico: $13.8B in 2025
- Military spending per personEcuador: $150 in 2025Mexico: $104 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEcuador: 5.7% of government spending in 2025Mexico: 2.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEcuador: 42,000 people in 2020Mexico: 341,000 people in 2020
- National powerEcuador: 0.15% of world capability in 2022Mexico: 1.14% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEcuador: 0.54% of the labour force in 2020Mexico: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEcuador: 30 million TIV in 2025Mexico: 9 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEcuador: 2 million TIV in 2018Mexico: 1 million TIV in 2019