Carbon intensity of electricity — all countries

Carbon intensity of electricity — Argentina

Carbon intensity of electricity in Argentina in 2025 — 343 g/kWh. Ranked 48 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.5%.

2025 343 g/kWh −0.56% vs 2024
World rank 48of 91
Period maximum 432 g/kWh2012
Period minimum 295 g/kWh2002

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Argentina, 2000–20252503003504004502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 355 g/kWh2001: 302 g/kWh2002: 295 g/kWh2003: 316 g/kWh2004: 358 g/kWh2005: 357 g/kWh2006: 350 g/kWh2007: 388 g/kWh2008: 401 g/kWh2009: 382 g/kWh2010: 402 g/kWh2011: 420 g/kWh2012: 432 g/kWh2013: 422 g/kWh2014: 424 g/kWh2015: 427 g/kWh2016: 432 g/kWh2017: 425 g/kWh2018: 414 g/kWh2019: 398 g/kWh2020: 395 g/kWh2021: 407 g/kWh2022: 393 g/kWh2023: 351 g/kWh2024: 345 g/kWh2025: 343 g/kWh
Change over the period: −13 (−3.53%) Average annual rate: -0.14 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Argentina 343 g/kWh
South America computed 165 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 343 −2 −0.56%
2024 345 −6 −1.73%
2023 351 −42 −10.64%
2022 393 −14 −3.51%
2021 407 +12 +3.11%
2020 395 −3 −0.73%
2019 398 −17 −4.02%
2018 414 −11 −2.61%
2017 425 −7 −1.51%
2016 432 +5 +1.26%
2015 427 +2 +0.57%
2014 424 +2 +0.45%
2013 422 −10 −2.29%
2012 432 +12 +2.92%
2011 420 +18 +4.55%
2010 402 +19 +5.03%
2009 382 −18 −4.56%
2008 401 +13 +3.24%
2007 388 +38 +10.9%
2006 350 −7 −2.03%
2005 357 −1 −0.14%
2004 358 +41 +13.05%
2003 316 +22 +7.31%
2002 295 −7 −2.4%
2001 302 −53 −15.02%
2000 355

South America, 2025

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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.