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Carbon Intensity of Electricity

Grams of CO2 emitted per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated.

Source: Our World in Data•88 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
375.3gCO2/kWh
Median: 391.0gCO2/kWh
Countries Covered
88
with available data
Highest
Mongolia
807.9gCO2/kWh
Lowest
Switzerland
29.6gCO2/kWh
Top 5 Countries
1Mongolia807.9gCO2/kWh
2Kazakhstan802.0gCO2/kWh
3South Africa713.2gCO2/kWh
4India707.5gCO2/kWh
5Bangladesh693.8gCO2/kWh
By Region
Asia588.1gCO2/kWh(19 countries)
Africa491.4gCO2/kWh(5 countries)
Other429.4gCO2/kWh(22 countries)
North America350.8gCO2/kWh(3 countries)
Oceania336.7gCO2/kWh(2 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (29.6gCO2/kWh)High (807.9gCO2/kWh)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 375.3gCO2/kWh)

Asia (19)
Africa (5)
Other (22)
North America (3)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Europe (30)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Grams of CO2 emitted per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Mongolia807.9gCO2/kWh
2Kazakhstan802.0gCO2/kWh
3South Africa713.2gCO2/kWh
4India707.5gCO2/kWh
5Bangladesh693.8gCO2/kWh
6Saudi Arabia692.0gCO2/kWh
7Indonesia680.3gCO2/kWh
8Serbia667.4gCO2/kWh
9Islamic Republic of Iran648.7gCO2/kWh
10Bosnia and Herzegovina641.3gCO2/kWh
11Kuwait637.2gCO2/kWh
12Taiwan, Province of China635.2gCO2/kWh
13Azerbaijan632.8gCO2/kWh
14Moldova, Republic of629.6gCO2/kWh
15Philippines612.4gCO2/kWh
16Poland611.9gCO2/kWh
17Malaysia604.4gCO2/kWh
18Qatar602.8gCO2/kWh
19Morocco576.6gCO2/kWh
20Egypt574.5gCO2/kWh
21Myanmar569.7gCO2/kWh
22The Republic of North Macedonia569.0gCO2/kWh
23Dominican Republic565.9gCO2/kWh
24Tunisia560.3gCO2/kWh
25People's Republic of China555.4gCO2/kWh
26Thailand554.7gCO2/kWh
27Australia553.8gCO2/kWh
28Oman545.3gCO2/kWh
29Cyprus514.1gCO2/kWh
30Nigeria507.9gCO2/kWh
31Singapore498.7gCO2/kWh
32Cambodia498.1gCO2/kWh
33Malta488.6gCO2/kWh
34Vietnam484.3gCO2/kWh
35Japan483.4gCO2/kWh
36Mexico483.1gCO2/kWh
37Türkiye469.7gCO2/kWh
38Bolivia468.0gCO2/kWh
39United Arab Emirates467.5gCO2/kWh
40Russian Federation446.0gCO2/kWh
41South Korea415.5gCO2/kWh
42Czech Republic414.2gCO2/kWh
43Montenegro413.5gCO2/kWh
44Pakistan398.2gCO2/kWh
45United States of America383.8gCO2/kWh
46Argentina344.8gCO2/kWh
47Estonia340.3gCO2/kWh
48Germany338.4gCO2/kWh
49Belarus323.3gCO2/kWh
50Greece322.2gCO2/kWh
51Colombia285.8gCO2/kWh
52Italy281.5gCO2/kWh
53Bulgaria278.6gCO2/kWh
54Ireland273.3gCO2/kWh
55Chile265.2gCO2/kWh
56Peru263.3gCO2/kWh
57Romania251.3gCO2/kWh
58Netherlands250.4gCO2/kWh
59Armenia243.0gCO2/kWh
60Slovenia230.4gCO2/kWh
61United Kingdom216.5gCO2/kWh
62Ecuador209.7gCO2/kWh
63Canada185.4gCO2/kWh
64Hungary184.6gCO2/kWh
65Croatia172.6gCO2/kWh
66Kyrgyzstan172.5gCO2/kWh
67Spain145.9gCO2/kWh
68Georgia143.1gCO2/kWh
69Latvia134.5gCO2/kWh
70Luxembourg133.3gCO2/kWh
71Denmark131.3gCO2/kWh
72Belgium126.9gCO2/kWh
73New Zealand119.7gCO2/kWh
74Lithuania117.8gCO2/kWh
75Portugal110.5gCO2/kWh
76Brazil106.1gCO2/kWh
77Austria103.2gCO2/kWh
78El Salvador99.3gCO2/kWh
79Tajikistan97.8gCO2/kWh
80Uruguay96.7gCO2/kWh
81Slovakia96.6gCO2/kWh
82Kenya84.8gCO2/kWh
83Finland66.9gCO2/kWh
84Costa Rica63.0gCO2/kWh
85France40.8gCO2/kWh
86Sweden34.9gCO2/kWh
87Norway30.8gCO2/kWh
88Switzerland29.6gCO2/kWh
Showing 88 of 88 countries

Topics

#environmental#gco2/kwh#carbon#intensity#electricity

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2024).

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