In Mexico, the amount of alternative and nuclear energy consumed amounts to 5.6% of the total energy use. Mexico emits 3.9 metric tons per capita of CO₂. The number of road motor vehicles per 1000 inhabitants in Mexico is 156.

Forest
Total land area of Mexico is 1,964,375 km2 (approx. 758,446 mi²). 710000 km2 of Mexico's territory is covered in forests. and forest land comprises 36% of all the land in the country.

Issues Mexico faces
Currently Mexico faces various issues, including scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities, rural to urban migration, natural fresh water resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast, raw sewage and industrial effluents polluting rivers in urban areas, deforestation, widespread erosion, desertification, deteriorating agricultural lands, serious air and water pollution in the national capital and urban centers along US-Mexico border, land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion.