Mexico

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GDP per capita - gross domestic product divided by midyear population. GDP is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. (Source: World Bank)

GDP per capita
(USD):

9,322.34

Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions) - All consumer and producer pre-tax subsidies. Pre-tax consumer subsidies exist when energy consumers pay prices that are below the costs incurred to supply them with this energy. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies (USD, billions):

8.66

Fossil Fuel Subsidies as % of GDP - All consumer and producer pre-tax subsidies as percent of a country’s GDP. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies
(% of GDP):

0.75

Fossil Fuel Subsidies with externalities as % of GDP - All consumer and producer post-tax subsidies. Post-tax consumer subsidies exist if consumer prices for energy are below supply costs plus the efficient levels of taxation. (Source: IMF)

Fossil fuel subsidies with externalities (% of GDP):

5.31

Revenue from environmentally related taxes as % of GDP - All revenue from environmentally related taxes - defined as any compulsory, unrequited payment to general government levied on tax-bases deemed to be of particular environmental relevance – as percent of a country’s GDP. (Source: OECD)

Revenue from environmentally related taxes (% of GDP):

1.299

Carbon pricing gap - Measure of how much countries fall short of pricing carbon emissions in line with a EUR 60 benchmark value (midpoint estimate of the carbon costs in 2020 and a low-end estimate for 2030). The difference is presented as percentage: If the Effective Carbon Rate (ECR) on all emissions is at least as high as the benchmark, the gap is zero, and if the ECR is zero throughout, the gap is 100%. (Source: OECD)

Carbon Pricing Gap
(%):

News

Leaders Summit Showcases Clean Energy Commitments to Tackle Global Climate Crisis

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Agricultural Subsidies: Everyone’s Doing It

2020-11-04

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Shadow carbon pricing can help development banks reduce emissions

2018-09-14

24 August 2018 – In this blog, Cesar Espinosa García of the Mexican development bank NAFIN argues that while carbon pricing offers development banks a way to encourage organizations to

Reports

G20 peer review of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies in Germany and Mexico (G20)

2018-11-19

Germany and Mexico released their voluntary peer reviews of fossil fuel subsidies under the G-20, during the twenty-third Conference of Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate

Innovative mechanisms for financing biodiversity conservation: A comparative summary of experiences from Mexico and Europe (IEEP)

2017-06-12

Meeting global commitments on protecting and restoring biodiversity will require innovative funding approaches. This report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and partners compared the use of novel

Taxing Energy Use 2015 (OECD)

2017-05-05

This OECD report provides a systematic analysis of the structure and level of energy taxes in OECD and selected partner countries, which together cover 80% of global energy use. The

Mexico

Country indicators

News

Leaders Summit Showcases Clean Energy Commitments to Tackle Global Climate Crisis

Agricultural Subsidies: Everyone’s Doing It

Shadow carbon pricing can help development banks reduce emissions

Reports

G20 peer review of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies in Germany and Mexico (G20)

Innovative mechanisms for financing biodiversity conservation: A comparative summary of experiences from Mexico and Europe (IEEP)

Taxing Energy Use 2015 (OECD)

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