Mexico Electricity: Generation Mix, Demand and Emissions

Mexico generated 390 TWh of electricity in 2025, according to Ember. Gas was the largest source at 70.0%, followed by hydro (7.5%) and solar (7.0%). Demand was 390 TWh and each kWh generated emitted 481 gCO2/kWh. These are annual statistics for 2025, with monthly figures through September 2026; they are compiled from national sources and are not real time.

Key Facts

Mexico generated 390 TWh of electricity in 2025.
Gas supplied 70.0% of Mexico's electricity in 2025.
Hydro supplied 7.5% of Mexico's electricity in 2025.
Solar supplied 7.0% of Mexico's electricity in 2025.
Low carbon sources (nuclear and renewables) supplied 24.2% of Mexico's generation in 2025.
The carbon intensity of Mexico's electricity was 481 gCO2/kWh in 2025.
Mexico's carbon intensity in 2025 was 3% higher than in 1985, when it was 468 gCO2/kWh.
Mexico had the 14th highest electricity demand among the 96 countries with Ember data for 2025.

Key Figures, 2025

Measure	Value	As of / source
Total generation	390 TWh	2025 · Ember
Electricity demand	390 TWh	2025 · Ember
Demand per person	2.70 MWh	2025 · Ember
Net imports	0 TWh	2025 · Ember
Carbon intensity	481 gCO2/kWh	2025 · Ember
Power sector emissions	188 MtCO2	2025 · Ember
Demand rank (countries with 2025 data)	14 of 96	2025 · Ember

Generation Mix, 2025

Source	Generation	Share
Gas	273 TWh	70.0%
Hydro	29.3 TWh	7.5%
Solar	27.1 TWh	7.0%
Wind	21.8 TWh	5.6%
Coal	12.9 TWh	3.3%
Nuclear	10.1 TWh	2.6%
Other fossil	9.66 TWh	2.5%
Bioenergy	5.86 TWh	1.5%

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Year by Year

Ember annual statistics, 1985 to 2025

Mexico's electricity generation by main source from 1985 to 2025, in TWh. In 2025 the largest sources were gas at 273 TWh, hydro at 29.3 TWh, solar at 27.1 TWh, wind at 21.8 TWh, coal at 12.9 TWh.

Annual statistics through 2025, TWh

Mexico electricity generation by source, 1985 to 2025
Year	Gas	Hydro	Solar	Wind	Coal
1985	7.21 TWh	28.4 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	3.86 TWh
1986	7.65 TWh	21.3 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	6.36 TWh
1987	8.96 TWh	19.3 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	7.31 TWh
1988	8.30 TWh	21.8 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	8.06 TWh
1989	9.76 TWh	25.4 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	7.92 TWh
1990	13.2 TWh	24.5 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	7.80 TWh
1991	18.9 TWh	22.6 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	9.24 TWh
1992	18.8 TWh	26.8 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	9.55 TWh
1993	19.1 TWh	26.7 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	11.6 TWh
1994	21.4 TWh	20.3 TWh	0 TWh	0 TWh	14.3 TWh
1995	22.4 TWh	27.6 TWh	0 TWh	10.0 GWh	15.5 TWh
1996	21.2 TWh	31.3 TWh	10.0 GWh	10.0 GWh	18.5 TWh
1997	23.1 TWh	26.4 TWh	10.0 GWh	10.0 GWh	18.4 TWh
1998	30.0 TWh	24.6 TWh	10.0 GWh	10.0 GWh	18.7 TWh
1999	32.9 TWh	32.7 TWh	10.0 GWh	20.0 GWh	18.6 TWh
2000	40.3 TWh	33.1 TWh	10.0 GWh	20.0 GWh	19.1 TWh
2001	50.9 TWh	28.4 TWh	10.0 GWh	20.0 GWh	23.2 TWh
2002	69.6 TWh	24.9 TWh	10.0 GWh	20.0 GWh	26.1 TWh
2003	80.6 TWh	19.9 TWh	10.0 GWh	20.0 GWh	30.9 TWh
2004	92.4 TWh	25.2 TWh	10.0 GWh	20.0 GWh	23.8 TWh
2005	86.5 TWh	27.7 TWh	10.0 GWh	20.0 GWh	32.8 TWh
2006	116 TWh	30.5 TWh	10.0 GWh	50.0 GWh	31.7 TWh
2007	129 TWh	27.3 TWh	10.0 GWh	250 GWh	31.6 TWh
2008	131 TWh	39.2 TWh	20.0 GWh	250 GWh	21.3 TWh
2009	138 TWh	26.7 TWh	30.0 GWh	600 GWh	29.4 TWh
2010	147 TWh	37.2 TWh	30.0 GWh	1.24 TWh	32.4 TWh
2011	154 TWh	36.3 TWh	40.0 GWh	1.65 TWh	33.8 TWh
2012	155 TWh	31.9 TWh	70.0 GWh	3.69 TWh	34.2 TWh
2013	166 TWh	28.0 TWh	110 GWh	4.18 TWh	31.7 TWh
2014	174 TWh	38.9 TWh	220 GWh	6.43 TWh	33.8 TWh
2015	186 TWh	30.9 TWh	200 GWh	8.75 TWh	33.8 TWh
2016	193 TWh	30.0 TWh	250 GWh	10.4 TWh	34.5 TWh
2017	198 TWh	30.9 TWh	1.19 TWh	10.6 TWh	30.9 TWh
2018	216 TWh	32.2 TWh	3.21 TWh	12.4 TWh	29.0 TWh
2019	208 TWh	23.6 TWh	9.96 TWh	16.7 TWh	32.7 TWh
2020	209 TWh	26.8 TWh	15.8 TWh	19.7 TWh	15.3 TWh
2021	196 TWh	34.7 TWh	20.2 TWh	21.1 TWh	7.38 TWh
2022	203 TWh	35.6 TWh	20.3 TWh	20.5 TWh	10.4 TWh
2023	219 TWh	20.6 TWh	23.3 TWh	20.7 TWh	13.5 TWh
2024	222 TWh	23.5 TWh	25.7 TWh	19.8 TWh	12.4 TWh
2025	273 TWh	29.3 TWh	27.1 TWh	21.8 TWh	12.9 TWh

Year	Generation	Demand	Carbon intensity
2025	390 TWh	390 TWh	481 gCO2/kWh
2024	355 TWh	355 TWh	483 gCO2/kWh
2023	352 TWh	351 TWh	489 gCO2/kWh
2022	340 TWh	340 TWh	464 gCO2/kWh
2021	329 TWh	328 TWh	456 gCO2/kWh
2020	326 TWh	330 TWh	484 gCO2/kWh
2019	345 TWh	345 TWh	526 gCO2/kWh
2018	349 TWh	351 TWh	524 gCO2/kWh
2017	329 TWh	329 TWh	534 gCO2/kWh
2016	320 TWh	321 TWh	538 gCO2/kWh

Full year by year history for Mexico, 1985 to 2025

Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data as of 2025.

Month by Month

Ember monthly statistics through September 2026

Mexico's electricity demand in September 2026 was 33.6 TWh, and generation from the sources Ember reports was 33.6 TWh. Carbon intensity that month was 518 gCO2/kWh.

Monthly statistics through September 2026, TWh

Mexico monthly electricity demand and generation, October 2024 to September 2026
Month	Demand	Generation
2024-10	29.8 TWh	29.8 TWh
2024-11	26.6 TWh	26.6 TWh
2024-12	25.1 TWh	25.1 TWh
2025-01	26.3 TWh	26.3 TWh
2025-02	24.4 TWh	24.4 TWh
2025-03	28.0 TWh	28.0 TWh
2025-04	28.8 TWh	28.9 TWh
2025-05	32.8 TWh	32.8 TWh
2025-06	32.2 TWh	32.2 TWh
2025-07	33.0 TWh	33.0 TWh
2025-08	33.8 TWh	33.8 TWh
2025-09	31.1 TWh	31.1 TWh
2025-10	30.3 TWh	30.3 TWh
2025-11	26.8 TWh	26.8 TWh
2025-12	26.0 TWh	26.0 TWh
2026-01	26.5 TWh	26.5 TWh
2026-02	24.5 TWh	24.5 TWh
2026-03	29.2 TWh	29.2 TWh
2026-04	29.9 TWh	29.9 TWh
2026-05	33.5 TWh	33.5 TWh
2026-06	33.4 TWh	33.4 TWh
2026-07	35.3 TWh	35.3 TWh
2026-08	35.9 TWh	35.9 TWh
2026-09	33.6 TWh	33.6 TWh

Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data as of September 2026.

Seasonal Patterns in Mexico

Ember monthly statistics, complete years only, through September 2026

Electricity demand by month

Look for the brightest columns. Averaged over 2019 to 2025, demand is highest in August and lowest in December, and the busiest month uses 29% more electricity per day than the quietest.

Mexico's electricity demand for each month, in TWh, 2019 to 2025. Colour shows demand per day, so short months are not shaded as quiet.
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	26.3	24.4	28.0	28.8	32.8	32.2	33.0	33.8	31.1	30.3	26.8	26.0
2024	25.9	24.4	27.3	29.1	33.7	32.6	32.7	34.0	31.1	29.8	26.6	25.1
2023	25.6	23.8	27.8	27.3	30.4	32.8	33.8	33.6	31.8	29.2	25.6	24.6
2022	24.9	23.1	26.6	27.5	31.1	30.8	32.2	31.2	28.5	27.6	25.5	25.0
2021	24.1	22.1	26.1	26.8	29.2	29.6	30.1	30.3	28.4	27.6	24.5	24.7
2020	24.2	23.1	25.9	23.6	25.6	27.3	29.3	29.9	27.5	27.4	24.4	23.9
2019	23.8	22.3	25.4	25.5	28.7	28.9	30.1	30.8	27.7	26.9	24.1	23.4

Lower demand per day
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Each cell shows the month's total demand in TWh, and colour compares demand per day so short months are not shaded as quiet. Lowest cell 22.1 TWh, highest 34.0 TWh. Colours are relative to Mexico alone.

Low carbon share of generation by month

Look for the brightest columns. Averaged over 2019 to 2025, the low carbon share is highest in November (25%) and lowest in June (23%), a gap of 2.1 points.

Share of Mexico's electricity generation from nuclear and renewable sources for each month, in percent, 2019 to 2025.
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2025	23%	24%	25%	24%	20%	22%	26%	21%	24%	26%	25%	23%
2024	21%	23%	21%	21%	21%	20%	20%	23%	24%	25%	25%	24%
2023	24%	25%	24%	24%	22%	21%	21%	20%	21%	19%	20%	21%
2022	24%	25%	27%	24%	25%	27%	25%	28%	28%	27%	27%	26%
2021	24%	27%	29%	29%	28%	23%	26%	28%	30%	31%	29%	26%
2020	23%	23%	23%	27%	27%	24%	24%	23%	22%	25%	24%	25%
2019	21%	18%	22%	22%	20%	20%	21%	19%	19%	18%	22%	22%

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Each cell shows the low carbon share. Lowest cell 18%, highest 31%. Colours are relative to Mexico alone.

Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data as of September 2026. Complete calendar years only.

Countries With a Similar Electricity Mix

Ember annual, 2025

Mexico's closest match is Uzbekistan, 93.9% the same, and the match goes both ways, so they are grid twins.

Uzbekistan 93.9% the same · grid twin Uzbekistan generates 3.3 points more coal than Mexico
Moldova 87.2% the same Moldova generates 6.0 points less gas than Mexico
Egypt 86.6% the same Egypt generates 7.4 points more other fossil than Mexico
Israel 81.1% the same Israel generates 9.6 points more gas than Mexico
Republic of the Congo 80.8% the same The Republic of the Congo generates 12.6 points more hydro than Mexico

How close: the share of generation that would have to change fuel for one mix to match the other (half the sum of the fuel share differences); 100% minus that is "the same". Grids under 1 TWh are skipped. Grid twins: the 25 closest pairs and every country's nearest match

Mexico Electricity FAQ

What is the main source of electricity in Mexico?

Gas was the largest source of electricity in Mexico in 2025, supplying 70.0% of generation, followed by hydro (7.5%) and solar (7.0%). Figures are Ember annual statistics.

How much electricity does Mexico use?

Mexico used 390 TWh of electricity in 2025, about 2.70 MWh per person.

How clean is Mexico's electricity?

Generating a kilowatt hour of electricity in Mexico emitted 481 gCO2/kWh in 2025, and low carbon sources supplied 24.2% of generation. That is 5% above the world average of 460 gCO2/kWh.

When does Mexico use the most electricity?

Averaged over 2019 to 2025, Mexico's electricity demand is highest in August and lowest in December. The busiest month uses 29% more electricity per day than the quietest (Ember monthly data).

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  title = {{Mexico Electricity: Generation Mix, Demand and Emissions}},
  author = {{World Power Monitor}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Data as of 2026-09. Data from Ember.},
  url = {https://worldpowermonitor.com/countries/mexico/}
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