Carbon intensity of electricity — all countries

Carbon intensity of electricity — Bolivia

Carbon intensity of electricity in Bolivia in 2025 — 481 g/kWh. Ranked 59 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30.6%.

2025 481 g/kWh −2.81% vs 2024
World rank 59of 91
Period maximum 588 g/kWh2016
Period minimum 346 g/kWh2001

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Bolivia, 2000–20253004005006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 369 g/kWh2001: 346 g/kWh2002: 351 g/kWh2003: 404 g/kWh2004: 391 g/kWh2005: 444 g/kWh2006: 424 g/kWh2007: 425 g/kWh2008: 451 g/kWh2009: 465 g/kWh2010: 495 g/kWh2011: 494 g/kWh2012: 505 g/kWh2013: 496 g/kWh2014: 530 g/kWh2015: 527 g/kWh2016: 588 g/kWh2017: 555 g/kWh2018: 524 g/kWh2019: 478 g/kWh2020: 484 g/kWh2021: 467 g/kWh2022: 486 g/kWh2023: 501 g/kWh2024: 495 g/kWh2025: 481 g/kWh
Change over the period: +113 (+30.59%) Average annual rate: 1.07 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Bolivia 481 g/kWh
South America computed 165 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 481 −14 −2.81%
2024 495 −6 −1.2%
2023 501 +15 +3.16%
2022 486 +19 +3.96%
2021 467 −17 −3.43%
2020 484 +6 +1.18%
2019 478 −46 −8.7%
2018 524 −31 −5.56%
2017 555 −33 −5.68%
2016 588 +62 +11.68%
2015 527 −3 −0.65%
2014 530 +35 +6.98%
2013 496 −9 −1.82%
2012 505 +11 +2.24%
2011 494 −1 −0.22%
2010 495 +29 +6.31%
2009 465 +14 +3.19%
2008 451 +26 +6.21%
2007 425 +1 +0.15%
2006 424 −20 −4.45%
2005 444 +53 +13.57%
2004 391 −13 −3.32%
2003 404 +53 +15.16%
2002 351 +5 +1.45%
2001 346 −23 −6.13%
2000 369

South America, 2025

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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.