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Carbon intensity of electricity — Cabo Verde

Carbon intensity of electricity in Cabo Verde in 2024 — 462 g/kWh. Ranked 94 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 23.1%.

2024 462 g/kWh −3.85% vs 2023
World rank 94of 195
Period maximum 684 g/kWh2003
Period minimum 462 g/kWh2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Cabo Verde, 2000–20244005006007002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 600 g/kWh2001: 647 g/kWh2002: 632 g/kWh2003: 684 g/kWh2004: 636 g/kWh2005: 625 g/kWh2006: 640 g/kWh2007: 630 g/kWh2008: 621 g/kWh2009: 645 g/kWh2010: 647 g/kWh2011: 595 g/kWh2012: 526 g/kWh2013: 512 g/kWh2014: 512 g/kWh2015: 512 g/kWh2016: 533 g/kWh2017: 535 g/kWh2018: 512 g/kWh2019: 545 g/kWh2020: 548 g/kWh2021: 535 g/kWh2022: 480 g/kWh2023: 480 g/kWh2024: 462 g/kWh
Change over the period: −138 (−23.08%) Average annual rate: -1.09 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cabo Verde 462 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 462 −18 −3.85%
2023 480 +0 +0%
2022 480 −55 −10.26%
2021 535 −13 −2.33%
2020 548 +2 +0.4%
2019 545 +34 +6.61%
2018 512 −23 −4.35%
2017 535 +2 +0.29%
2016 533 +22 +4.24%
2015 512 +0 +0%
2014 512 −1 −0.11%
2013 512 −14 −2.68%
2012 526 −68 −11.48%
2011 595 −52 −8.11%
2010 647 +2 +0.29%
2009 645 +24 +3.94%
2008 621 −9 −1.42%
2007 630 −10 −1.62%
2006 640 +15 +2.4%
2005 625 −11 −1.79%
2004 636 −48 −6.99%
2003 684 +53 +8.33%
2002 632 −15 −2.39%
2001 647 +47 +7.84%
2000 600 — —

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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