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Carbon intensity of electricity — Burkina Faso

Carbon intensity of electricity in Burkina Faso in 2024 — 562 g/kWh. Ranked 128 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.4%.

2024 562 g/kWh +0% vs 2023
World rank 128of 195
Period maximum 594 g/kWh2015
Period minimum 487 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Burkina Faso, 2000–20244505005506002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 487 g/kWh2001: 556 g/kWh2002: 556 g/kWh2003: 511 g/kWh2004: 511 g/kWh2005: 538 g/kWh2006: 564 g/kWh2007: 541 g/kWh2008: 525 g/kWh2009: 543 g/kWh2010: 517 g/kWh2011: 556 g/kWh2012: 547 g/kWh2013: 547 g/kWh2014: 580 g/kWh2015: 594 g/kWh2016: 556 g/kWh2017: 563 g/kWh2018: 567 g/kWh2019: 556 g/kWh2020: 547 g/kWh2021: 550 g/kWh2022: 568 g/kWh2023: 562 g/kWh2024: 562 g/kWh
Change over the period: +75 (+15.38%) Average annual rate: 0.6 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Burkina Faso 562 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 562 +0 +0%
2023 562 −6 −1.04%
2022 568 +18 +3.34%
2021 550 +3 +0.46%
2020 547 −9 −1.63%
2019 556 −11 −1.87%
2018 567 +4 +0.77%
2017 563 +7 +1.25%
2016 556 −39 −6.48%
2015 594 +15 +2.5%
2014 580 +33 +6.01%
2013 547 −0 −0.04%
2012 547 −9 −1.56%
2011 556 +38 +7.41%
2010 517 −26 −4.72%
2009 543 +18 +3.48%
2008 525 −16 −3.03%
2007 541 −23 −4.02%
2006 564 +25 +4.68%
2005 538 +28 +5.45%
2004 511 −0 −0.09%
2003 511 −44 −8%
2002 556 +0 +0%
2001 556 +68 +14.04%
2000 487 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

SL Sierra Leone 48 GN Guinea 181 LR Liberia 316 CI Côte d'Ivoire 405 TG Togo 423 CV Cabo Verde 462 GH Ghana 469 NG Nigeria 496 MR Mauritania 512 ML Mali 539 SN Senegal 540 BF Burkina Faso 562 BJ Benin 584 GW Guinea-Bissau 625 GM Gambia 667 NE Niger 674
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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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