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Carbon intensity of electricity — Bhutan

Carbon intensity of electricity in Bhutan in 2024 — 24 g/kWh. Ranked 2 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.8%.

2024 24 g/kWh −2.27% vs 2023
World rank 2of 195
Period maximum 26 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 22 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Bhutan, 2000–20242223242526272000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 22 g/kWh2001: 26 g/kWh2002: 23 g/kWh2003: 24 g/kWh2004: 26 g/kWh2005: 23 g/kWh2006: 25 g/kWh2007: 23 g/kWh2008: 23 g/kWh2009: 23 g/kWh2010: 23 g/kWh2011: 24 g/kWh2012: 24 g/kWh2013: 24 g/kWh2014: 24 g/kWh2015: 23 g/kWh2016: 24 g/kWh2017: 24 g/kWh2018: 23 g/kWh2019: 24 g/kWh2020: 24 g/kWh2021: 24 g/kWh2022: 24 g/kWh2023: 24 g/kWh2024: 24 g/kWh
Change over the period: +1 (+5.77%) Average annual rate: 0.23 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Bhutan 24 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
South Asia computed 672 g/kWh
Southern Asia computed 669 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 24 −1 −2.27%
2023 24 +0 +0.21%
2022 24 +0 +0.46%
2021 24 +0 +1.18%
2020 24 −1 −2.18%
2019 24 +1 +4.57%
2018 23 −0 −1.32%
2017 24 −1 −2.41%
2016 24 +1 +3.52%
2015 23 −0 −2.06%
2014 24 −0 −0.5%
2013 24 +0 +0.67%
2012 24 −1 −2.67%
2011 24 +1 +4.14%
2010 23 +0 +1.43%
2009 23 −0 −0.56%
2008 23 +0 +0.48%
2007 23 −2 −6.1%
2006 25 +2 +7.47%
2005 23 −3 −11.07%
2004 26 +2 +7.29%
2003 24 +1 +4.62%
2002 23 −3 −11.9%
2001 26 +4 +16.51%
2000 22 — —

Southern Asia, 2024

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

BT Bhutan 24 NP Nepal 24 AF Afghanistan 131 PK Pakistan 336 LK Sri Lanka 376 MV Maldives 612 IR Iran 649 BD Bangladesh 696 IN India 707
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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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