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Carbon intensity of electricity — Botswana

Carbon intensity of electricity in Botswana in 2024 — 851 g/kWh. Ranked 189 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.1%.

2024 851 g/kWh −0.37% vs 2023
World rank 189of 195
Period maximum 859 g/kWh2016
Period minimum 800 g/kWh2012

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Botswana, 2000–20248008208408602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 851 g/kWh2001: 850 g/kWh2002: 852 g/kWh2003: 856 g/kWh2004: 845 g/kWh2005: 858 g/kWh2006: 859 g/kWh2007: 855 g/kWh2008: 857 g/kWh2009: 855 g/kWh2010: 849 g/kWh2011: 854 g/kWh2012: 800 g/kWh2013: 826 g/kWh2014: 853 g/kWh2015: 848 g/kWh2016: 859 g/kWh2017: 858 g/kWh2018: 855 g/kWh2019: 853 g/kWh2020: 849 g/kWh2021: 847 g/kWh2022: 848 g/kWh2023: 854 g/kWh2024: 851 g/kWh
Change over the period: +0 (+0.05%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Botswana 851 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Southern Africa computed 714 g/kWh
Upper-middle-income countries computed 531 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 851 −3 −0.37%
2023 854 +7 +0.81%
2022 848 +0 +0.03%
2021 847 −1 −0.14%
2020 849 −4 −0.47%
2019 853 −3 −0.32%
2018 855 −2 −0.27%
2017 858 −1 −0.13%
2016 859 +10 +1.21%
2015 848 −4 −0.51%
2014 853 +27 +3.23%
2013 826 +26 +3.26%
2012 800 −54 −6.34%
2011 854 +5 +0.6%
2010 849 −6 −0.68%
2009 855 −2 −0.27%
2008 857 +2 +0.2%
2007 855 −3 −0.37%
2006 859 +0 +0.01%
2005 858 +13 +1.55%
2004 845 −10 −1.22%
2003 856 +4 +0.42%
2002 852 +3 +0.31%
2001 850 −1 −0.16%
2000 851 — —

Southern Africa, 2024

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

NA Namibia 49 SZ Eswatini 131 ZA South Africa 718 BW Botswana 851
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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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