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Carbon intensity of electricity — Ethiopia

Carbon intensity of electricity in Ethiopia in 2025 — 23 g/kWh. Ranked 1 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 35%.

2025 23 g/kWh −1.41% vs 2024
World rank 1of 91
Period maximum 36 g/kWh2009
Period minimum 23 g/kWh2021

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Ethiopia, 2000–202520253035402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 36 g/kWh2001: 34 g/kWh2002: 34 g/kWh2003: 30 g/kWh2004: 31 g/kWh2005: 31 g/kWh2006: 30 g/kWh2007: 35 g/kWh2008: 30 g/kWh2009: 36 g/kWh2010: 32 g/kWh2011: 30 g/kWh2012: 25 g/kWh2013: 25 g/kWh2014: 23 g/kWh2015: 24 g/kWh2016: 24 g/kWh2017: 24 g/kWh2018: 24 g/kWh2019: 24 g/kWh2020: 24 g/kWh2021: 23 g/kWh2022: 24 g/kWh2023: 24 g/kWh2024: 23 g/kWh2025: 23 g/kWh
Change over the period: −12 (−34.99%) Average annual rate: -1.71 %
Carbon intensity of electricity — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 23 −0 −1.41%
2024 23 −0 −0.97%
2023 24 +0 +0.38%
2022 24 +1 +3.24%
2021 23 −2 −6.25%
2020 24 +0 +0.66%
2019 24 +0 +1.17%
2018 24 +0 +1.1%
2017 24 −0 −1.79%
2016 24 +0 +0%
2015 24 +1 +3.57%
2014 23 −2 −8.47%
2013 25 +0 +1.12%
2012 25 −5 −16.25%
2011 30 −2 −6.17%
2010 32 −4 −11.06%
2009 36 +6 +19.58%
2008 30 −5 −14.18%
2007 35 +5 +15.82%
2006 30 −1 −3.33%
2005 31 +0 +0.39%
2004 31 +1 +3.63%
2003 30 −4 −11.6%
2002 34 −0 −0.96%
2001 34 −1 −3.35%
2000 36 — —

Eastern Africa, 2025

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

ET Ethiopia 23 KE Kenya 95
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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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