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Carbon intensity of electricity — Cameroon

Carbon intensity of electricity in Cameroon in 2024 — 226 g/kWh. Ranked 51 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 608.6%.

2024 226 g/kWh +0.68% vs 2023
World rank 51of 195
Period maximum 337 g/kWh2015
Period minimum 32 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Cameroon, 2000–202401002003004002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 32 g/kWh2001: 37 g/kWh2002: 46 g/kWh2003: 52 g/kWh2004: 54 g/kWh2005: 61 g/kWh2006: 121 g/kWh2007: 200 g/kWh2008: 193 g/kWh2009: 223 g/kWh2010: 206 g/kWh2011: 192 g/kWh2012: 168 g/kWh2013: 240 g/kWh2014: 282 g/kWh2015: 337 g/kWh2016: 300 g/kWh2017: 288 g/kWh2018: 324 g/kWh2019: 306 g/kWh2020: 320 g/kWh2021: 298 g/kWh2022: 281 g/kWh2023: 224 g/kWh2024: 226 g/kWh
Change over the period: +194 (+608.59%) Average annual rate: 8.5 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 226 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Middle Africa computed 235 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 226 +2 +0.68%
2023 224 −57 −20.14%
2022 281 −17 −5.85%
2021 298 −22 −6.87%
2020 320 +15 +4.88%
2019 306 −19 −5.8%
2018 324 +36 +12.55%
2017 288 −11 −3.8%
2016 300 −37 −11.02%
2015 337 +55 +19.57%
2014 282 +42 +17.44%
2013 240 +72 +43.06%
2012 168 −25 −12.8%
2011 192 −14 −6.93%
2010 206 −17 −7.4%
2009 223 +30 +15.39%
2008 193 −6 −3.19%
2007 200 +79 +65.59%
2006 121 +60 +98.89%
2005 61 +7 +12.14%
2004 54 +2 +3.82%
2003 52 +6 +13.49%
2002 46 +9 +23.84%
2001 37 +5 +16.19%
2000 32 — —

Middle Africa, 2024

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

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 28 AO Angola 185 CM Cameroon 226 GA Gabon 523 TD Chad 622 GQ Equatorial Guinea 644 CG Republic of the Congo 716
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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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