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Carbon intensity of electricity — Cook Islands

Carbon intensity of electricity in the Cook Islands in 2024 — 250 g/kWh. Ranked 55 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 62.5%.

2024 250 g/kWh +0% vs 2023
World rank 55of 195
Period maximum 667 g/kWh2000
Period minimum 250 g/kWh2021

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Cook Islands, 2000–20242004006008002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 667 g/kWh2001: 667 g/kWh2002: 667 g/kWh2003: 667 g/kWh2004: 667 g/kWh2005: 667 g/kWh2006: 667 g/kWh2007: 667 g/kWh2008: 667 g/kWh2009: 667 g/kWh2010: 667 g/kWh2011: 667 g/kWh2012: 667 g/kWh2013: 667 g/kWh2014: 667 g/kWh2015: 667 g/kWh2016: 667 g/kWh2017: 500 g/kWh2018: 400 g/kWh2019: 500 g/kWh2020: 500 g/kWh2021: 250 g/kWh2022: 250 g/kWh2023: 250 g/kWh2024: 250 g/kWh
Change over the period: −417 (−62.5%) Average annual rate: -4 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Cook Islands 250 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
East Asia & Pacific computed 546 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Cook Islands, by year Cook Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 250 +0 +0%
2023 250 +0 +0%
2022 250 +0 +0%
2021 250 −250 −50%
2020 500 +0 +0%
2019 500 +100 +25%
2018 400 −100 −20%
2017 500 −167 −25%
2016 667 +0 +0%
2015 667 +0 +0%
2014 667 +0 +0%
2013 667 +0 +0%
2012 667 +0 +0%
2011 667 +0 +0%
2010 667 +0 +0%
2009 667 +0 +0%
2008 667 +0 +0%
2007 667 +0 +0%
2006 667 +0 +0%
2005 667 +0 +0%
2004 667 +0 +0%
2003 667 +0 +0%
2002 667 +0 +0%
2001 667 +0 +0%
2000 667 — —

Polynesia, 2024

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

CK Cook Islands 250 WS Samoa 375 PF French Polynesia 431 TO Tonga 571 AS American Samoa 611
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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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