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Carbon intensity of electricity — CIS

Carbon intensity of electricity in the CIS in 2025 — 499 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.2%.

2025 499 g/kWh +0.7% vs 2024
World rank —
Period maximum 518 g/kWh2008
Period minimum 486 g/kWh2020

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — CIS, 2000–20254804905005105202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 505 g/kWh2001: 497 g/kWh2002: 500 g/kWh2003: 499 g/kWh2004: 494 g/kWh2005: 493 g/kWh2006: 503 g/kWh2007: 500 g/kWh2008: 518 g/kWh2009: 500 g/kWh2010: 501 g/kWh2011: 507 g/kWh2012: 509 g/kWh2013: 503 g/kWh2014: 503 g/kWh2015: 498 g/kWh2016: 496 g/kWh2017: 495 g/kWh2018: 499 g/kWh2019: 498 g/kWh2020: 486 g/kWh2021: 492 g/kWh2022: 498 g/kWh2023: 501 g/kWh2024: 496 g/kWh2025: 499 g/kWh
Change over the period: −6 (−1.22%) Average annual rate: -0.05 %
Carbon intensity of electricity — CIS, by year CIS All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 499 +3 +0.7%
2024 496 −5 −0.97%
2023 501 +3 +0.51%
2022 498 +6 +1.23%
2021 492 +6 +1.32%
2020 486 −13 −2.53%
2019 498 −1 −0.16%
2018 499 +4 +0.77%
2017 495 −0 −0.08%
2016 496 −2 −0.47%
2015 498 −5 −1.06%
2014 503 +1 +0.14%
2013 503 −6 −1.24%
2012 509 +2 +0.39%
2011 507 +6 +1.23%
2010 501 +1 +0.22%
2009 500 −19 −3.63%
2008 518 +19 +3.77%
2007 500 −4 −0.74%
2006 503 +10 +2.05%
2005 493 −1 −0.16%
2004 494 −5 −1.05%
2003 499 −1 −0.13%
2002 500 +3 +0.53%
2001 497 −8 −1.6%
2000 505 — —

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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