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Carbon intensity of electricity — Belize

Carbon intensity of electricity in Belize in 2024 — 170 g/kWh. Ranked 41 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 26.2%.

2024 170 g/kWh +9.42% vs 2023
World rank 41of 195
Period maximum 438 g/kWh2003
Period minimum 48 g/kWh2008

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Belize, 2000–202402004006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 231 g/kWh2001: 231 g/kWh2002: 214 g/kWh2003: 438 g/kWh2004: 357 g/kWh2005: 375 g/kWh2006: 95 g/kWh2007: 136 g/kWh2008: 48 g/kWh2009: 125 g/kWh2010: 143 g/kWh2011: 91 g/kWh2012: 132 g/kWh2013: 108 g/kWh2014: 139 g/kWh2015: 139 g/kWh2016: 105 g/kWh2017: 100 g/kWh2018: 146 g/kWh2019: 173 g/kWh2020: 159 g/kWh2021: 167 g/kWh2022: 170 g/kWh2023: 156 g/kWh2024: 170 g/kWh
Change over the period: −61 (−26.24%) Average annual rate: -1.26 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Belize 170 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Latin America & Caribbean computed 252 g/kWh
Central America computed 443 g/kWh
Upper-middle-income countries computed 531 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Belize, by year Belize All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 170 +15 +9.42%
2023 156 −15 −8.61%
2022 170 +4 +2.12%
2021 167 +8 +4.76%
2020 159 −14 −8.08%
2019 173 +27 +18.27%
2018 146 +46 +46.34%
2017 100 −5 −5%
2016 105 −34 −24.21%
2015 139 +0 +0%
2014 139 +31 +28.47%
2013 108 −23 −17.84%
2012 132 +41 +44.74%
2011 91 −52 −36.36%
2010 143 +18 +14.29%
2009 125 +77 +162.49%
2008 48 −89 −65.08%
2007 136 +41 +43.18%
2006 95 −280 −74.6%
2005 375 +18 +5%
2004 357 −80 −18.37%
2003 438 +223 +104.16%
2002 214 −16 −7.14%
2001 231 +0 +0%
2000 231 — —

Central America, 2024

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

CR Costa Rica 25 SV El Salvador 113 BZ Belize 170 PA Panama 221 NI Nicaragua 301 GT Guatemala 301 HN Honduras 322 MX Mexico 483
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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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