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Carbon intensity of electricity — British Virgin Islands

Carbon intensity of electricity in the British Virgin Islands in 2023 — 647 g/kWh. Ranked 175 in the world out of 210. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.7%.

2023 647 g/kWh +0% vs 2022
World rank 175of 210
Period maximum 688 g/kWh2005
Period minimum 636 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — British Virgin Islands, 2000–20236206406606807002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 636 g/kWh2001: 667 g/kWh2002: 643 g/kWh2003: 643 g/kWh2004: 667 g/kWh2005: 688 g/kWh2006: 647 g/kWh2007: 667 g/kWh2008: 667 g/kWh2009: 684 g/kWh2010: 650 g/kWh2011: 684 g/kWh2012: 650 g/kWh2013: 650 g/kWh2014: 650 g/kWh2015: 667 g/kWh2016: 636 g/kWh2017: 647 g/kWh2018: 688 g/kWh2019: 688 g/kWh2020: 688 g/kWh2021: 647 g/kWh2022: 647 g/kWh2023: 647 g/kWh
Change over the period: +11 (+1.68%) Average annual rate: 0.07 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands 647 g/kWh
World computed 484 g/kWh
Latin America & Caribbean computed 254 g/kWh
Caribbean computed 622 g/kWh
High-income countries computed 379 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — British Virgin Islands, by year British Virgin Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2023 647 +0 +0%
2022 647 +0 +0%
2021 647 −40 −5.88%
2020 688 +0 +0%
2019 688 +0 +0%
2018 688 +40 +6.25%
2017 647 +11 +1.68%
2016 636 −30 −4.55%
2015 667 +17 +2.56%
2014 650 +0 +0%
2013 650 +0 +0%
2012 650 −34 −5%
2011 684 +34 +5.26%
2010 650 −34 −5%
2009 684 +18 +2.63%
2008 667 +0 +0%
2007 667 +20 +3.03%
2006 647 −40 −5.88%
2005 688 +21 +3.12%
2004 667 +24 +3.7%
2003 643 +0 +0%
2002 643 −24 −3.57%
2001 667 +30 +4.76%
2000 636 — —

Caribbean, 2023

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

GP Guadeloupe 497 HT Haiti 506 MQ Martinique 530 AW Aruba 550 JM Jamaica 564 DO Dominican Republic 579 BB Barbados 600 DM Dominica 600 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 600 AG Antigua and Barbuda 611 VI United States Virgin Islands 632 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 636 KY Cayman Islands 643 CU Cuba 644 VG British Virgin Islands 647 LC Saint Lucia 650 BS Bahamas 652 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 654 PR Puerto Rico 661 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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