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Carbon intensity of electricity — Barbados

Carbon intensity of electricity in Barbados in 2024 — 595 g/kWh. Ranked 138 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.7%.

2024 595 g/kWh −0.9% vs 2023
World rank 138of 195
Period maximum 667 g/kWh2003
Period minimum 595 g/kWh2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Barbados, 2000–20245806006206406606802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 658 g/kWh2001: 651 g/kWh2002: 663 g/kWh2003: 667 g/kWh2004: 663 g/kWh2005: 657 g/kWh2006: 657 g/kWh2007: 657 g/kWh2008: 657 g/kWh2009: 664 g/kWh2010: 660 g/kWh2011: 663 g/kWh2012: 655 g/kWh2013: 653 g/kWh2014: 650 g/kWh2015: 644 g/kWh2016: 638 g/kWh2017: 635 g/kWh2018: 635 g/kWh2019: 632 g/kWh2020: 613 g/kWh2021: 604 g/kWh2022: 606 g/kWh2023: 600 g/kWh2024: 595 g/kWh
Change over the period: −64 (−9.67%) Average annual rate: -0.42 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Barbados 595 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Latin America & Caribbean computed 252 g/kWh
Caribbean computed 622 g/kWh
High-income countries computed 369 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 595 −5 −0.9%
2023 600 −6 −0.91%
2022 606 +2 +0.29%
2021 604 −9 −1.54%
2020 613 −19 −2.99%
2019 632 −3 −0.4%
2018 635 +0 +0%
2017 635 −3 −0.55%
2016 638 −6 −0.95%
2015 644 −6 −0.96%
2014 650 −3 −0.46%
2013 653 −1 −0.21%
2012 655 −9 −1.29%
2011 663 +3 +0.5%
2010 660 −3 −0.51%
2009 664 +6 +0.98%
2008 657 +0 +0%
2007 657 +0 +0.04%
2006 657 +0 +0.04%
2005 657 −6 −0.96%
2004 663 −4 −0.56%
2003 667 +4 +0.59%
2002 663 +12 +1.87%
2001 651 −8 −1.16%
2000 658 — —

Caribbean, 2024

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

HT Haiti 535 AW Aruba 550 JM Jamaica 563 DO Dominican Republic 568 AG Antigua and Barbuda 595 BB Barbados 595 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 600 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 609 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 630 KY Cayman Islands 634 CU Cuba 643 LC Saint Lucia 650 BS Bahamas 653 PR Puerto Rico 657 GD Grenada 667 TT Trinidad and Tobago 682 MS Montserrat 1,000
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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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