Carbon intensity of electricity in Austria in 2025 — 117 g/kWh. Ranked 17 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 42.4%.
2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Austria
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 117 | +14 | +13.28% |
| 2024 | 103 | −8 | −7.38% |
| 2023 | 112 | −29 | −20.68% |
| 2022 | 141 | +6 | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 135 | +2 | +1.51% |
| 2020 | 133 | −20 | −12.76% |
| 2019 | 153 | −5 | −3.23% |
| 2018 | 158 | −5 | −3.09% |
| 2017 | 163 | +8 | +5.37% |
| 2016 | 155 | −17 | −10.14% |
| 2015 | 172 | +22 | +14.36% |
| 2014 | 150 | −23 | −13.21% |
| 2013 | 173 | −13 | −6.74% |
| 2012 | 186 | −53 | −22.1% |
| 2011 | 239 | +12 | +5.21% |
| 2010 | 227 | +31 | +15.77% |
| 2009 | 196 | −25 | −11.12% |
| 2008 | 220 | −12 | −5.28% |
| 2007 | 233 | −20 | −8.03% |
| 2006 | 253 | −1 | −0.39% |
| 2005 | 254 | −5 | −2.06% |
| 2004 | 259 | −23 | −8.16% |
| 2003 | 282 | +56 | +24.88% |
| 2002 | 226 | −3 | −1.29% |
| 2001 | 229 | +26 | +12.64% |
| 2000 | 203 | — | — |
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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.
How much carbon dioxide the electricity sector of a country emits in a year.
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