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Mexico's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2019-01 → 2026-05 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-05

496gCO₂e/kWh

#54 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

19.3%

clean incl. nuclear: 22.6%

Records

Cleanest: 446 (2021-10)

Dirtiest: 537 (2019-02)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 495 -9 20.7 353.6
2024 504 -4 18.8 352.1
2023 508 +27 18.4 346.3
2022 481 +11 23 333.9
2021 470 -19 23.9 323.4
2020 489 -28 20.7 312.2
2019 517 16.9 317.6

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Source: "Monthly electricity data, Ember" (CC-BY-4.0). Yearly figures are generation-weighted (Σ emissions ÷ Σ generation, complete years only). Monthly statistical data — estimated, not live measurement. Cite as "Voltcast Research, voltcast.com/research/countries/mx".