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Carbon intensity of electricity — Eswatini

Carbon intensity of electricity in Eswatini in 2024 — 131 g/kWh. Ranked 32 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 21.3%.

2024 131 g/kWh +8.2% vs 2023
World rank 32of 195
Period maximum 224 g/kWh2004
Period minimum 121 g/kWh2023

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Eswatini, 2000–20241001502002502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 167 g/kWh2001: 171 g/kWh2002: 194 g/kWh2003: 219 g/kWh2004: 224 g/kWh2005: 194 g/kWh2006: 188 g/kWh2007: 183 g/kWh2008: 188 g/kWh2009: 182 g/kWh2010: 176 g/kWh2011: 155 g/kWh2012: 173 g/kWh2013: 150 g/kWh2014: 167 g/kWh2015: 184 g/kWh2016: 222 g/kWh2017: 140 g/kWh2018: 143 g/kWh2019: 204 g/kWh2020: 163 g/kWh2021: 137 g/kWh2022: 127 g/kWh2023: 121 g/kWh2024: 131 g/kWh
Change over the period: −36 (−21.31%) Average annual rate: -0.99 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eswatini 131 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Southern Africa computed 714 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 131 +10 +8.2%
2023 121 −6 −4.76%
2022 127 −10 −7.28%
2021 137 −26 −15.93%
2020 163 −41 −20%
2019 204 +61 +42.85%
2018 143 +3 +2.38%
2017 140 −83 −37.21%
2016 222 +38 +20.63%
2015 184 +18 +10.52%
2014 167 +17 +11.11%
2013 150 −23 −13.33%
2012 173 +18 +11.54%
2011 155 −21 −11.67%
2010 176 −6 −3.38%
2009 182 −7 −3.5%
2008 188 +5 +2.9%
2007 183 −5 −2.82%
2006 188 −5 −2.66%
2005 194 −31 −13.65%
2004 224 +5 +2.46%
2003 219 +24 +12.5%
2002 194 +23 +13.42%
2001 171 +5 +2.86%
2000 167 — —

Southern Africa, 2024

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

NA Namibia 49 SZ Eswatini 131 ZA South Africa 718 BW Botswana 851
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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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