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Carbon intensity of electricity — Australia

Carbon intensity of electricity in Australia in 2025 — 525 g/kWh. Ranked 66 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 34.9%.

2025 525 g/kWh −5.31% vs 2024
World rank 66of 91
Period maximum 806 g/kWh2000
Period minimum 525 g/kWh2025

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Australia, 2000–20255006007008009002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 806 g/kWh2001: 803 g/kWh2002: 795 g/kWh2003: 792 g/kWh2004: 793 g/kWh2005: 792 g/kWh2006: 791 g/kWh2007: 791 g/kWh2008: 792 g/kWh2009: 785 g/kWh2010: 776 g/kWh2011: 749 g/kWh2012: 747 g/kWh2013: 726 g/kWh2014: 734 g/kWh2015: 730 g/kWh2016: 714 g/kWh2017: 718 g/kWh2018: 689 g/kWh2019: 670 g/kWh2020: 642 g/kWh2021: 606 g/kWh2022: 578 g/kWh2023: 557 g/kWh2024: 554 g/kWh2025: 525 g/kWh
Change over the period: −281 (−34.91%) Average annual rate: -1.7 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Australia 525 g/kWh
Australia and New Zealand computed 468 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 525 −29 −5.31%
2024 554 −3 −0.51%
2023 557 −21 −3.66%
2022 578 −28 −4.62%
2021 606 −36 −5.67%
2020 642 −28 −4.14%
2019 670 −18 −2.66%
2018 689 −30 −4.13%
2017 718 +5 +0.64%
2016 714 −16 −2.21%
2015 730 −5 −0.61%
2014 734 +8 +1.1%
2013 726 −21 −2.78%
2012 747 −2 −0.31%
2011 749 −26 −3.38%
2010 776 −9 −1.2%
2009 785 −6 −0.81%
2008 792 +0 +0.05%
2007 791 +1 +0.08%
2006 791 −1 −0.16%
2005 792 −1 −0.13%
2004 793 +1 +0.08%
2003 792 −3 −0.31%
2002 795 −8 −1.05%
2001 803 −3 −0.35%
2000 806 — —

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

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

NZ New Zealand 93 AU Australia 525
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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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