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Carbon intensity of electricity — Afghanistan

Carbon intensity of electricity in Afghanistan in 2024 — 131 g/kWh. Ranked 33 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 47.5%.

2024 131 g/kWh +6.14% vs 2023
World rank 33of 195
Period maximum 256 g/kWh2008
Period minimum 93 g/kWh2020

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Afghanistan, 2000–2024501001502002503002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 250 g/kWh2001: 217 g/kWh2002: 169 g/kWh2003: 242 g/kWh2004: 228 g/kWh2005: 220 g/kWh2006: 256 g/kWh2007: 228 g/kWh2008: 256 g/kWh2009: 112 g/kWh2010: 136 g/kWh2011: 195 g/kWh2012: 148 g/kWh2013: 180 g/kWh2014: 129 g/kWh2015: 119 g/kWh2016: 116 g/kWh2017: 127 g/kWh2018: 154 g/kWh2019: 116 g/kWh2020: 93 g/kWh2021: 113 g/kWh2022: 125 g/kWh2023: 124 g/kWh2024: 131 g/kWh
Change over the period: −119 (−47.48%) Average annual rate: -2.65 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 131 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
South Asia computed 672 g/kWh
Southern Asia computed 669 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 131 +8 +6.14%
2023 124 −1 −1.03%
2022 125 +12 +10.41%
2021 113 +20 +21.44%
2020 93 −23 −19.94%
2019 116 −37 −24.32%
2018 154 +27 +21.16%
2017 127 +11 +9.75%
2016 116 −3 −2.48%
2015 119 −11 −8.25%
2014 129 −51 −28.23%
2013 180 +32 +21.97%
2012 148 −47 −24.17%
2011 195 +58 +42.86%
2010 136 +24 +21.36%
2009 112 −144 −56.18%
2008 256 +29 +12.6%
2007 228 −28 −10.89%
2006 256 +36 +16.42%
2005 220 −8 −3.66%
2004 228 −14 −5.75%
2003 242 +73 +43.04%
2002 169 −48 −22.25%
2001 217 −33 −13.04%
2000 250 — —

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BT Bhutan 24 NP Nepal 24 AF Afghanistan 131 PK Pakistan 336 LK Sri Lanka 376 MV Maldives 612 IR Iran 649 BD Bangladesh 696 IN India 707
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About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.

Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.

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