Carbon intensity of electricity in France in 2025 — 41 g/kWh. Ranked 7 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 48%.
2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: France
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | +1 | +2.37% |
| 2024 | 40 | −13 | −23.98% |
| 2023 | 53 | −25 | −32.2% |
| 2022 | 79 | +19 | +31.35% |
| 2021 | 60 | +1 | +1.22% |
| 2020 | 59 | −1 | −1.19% |
| 2019 | 60 | −0 | −0.22% |
| 2018 | 60 | −18 | −23.48% |
| 2017 | 78 | +10 | +14.12% |
| 2016 | 69 | +9 | +15.95% |
| 2015 | 59 | +7 | +13.33% |
| 2014 | 52 | −24 | −31.55% |
| 2013 | 76 | −1 | −1.7% |
| 2012 | 78 | +3 | +3.98% |
| 2011 | 75 | −4 | −4.99% |
| 2010 | 79 | +3 | +3.92% |
| 2009 | 76 | −0 | −0.57% |
| 2008 | 76 | −4 | −5.09% |
| 2007 | 80 | +4 | +4.62% |
| 2006 | 77 | −9 | −10.48% |
| 2005 | 86 | +8 | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 77 | −4 | −4.54% |
| 2003 | 81 | +6 | +7.51% |
| 2002 | 75 | +7 | +9.59% |
| 2001 | 69 | −11 | −13.97% |
| 2000 | 80 | — | — |
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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.
How much carbon dioxide the electricity sector of a country emits in a year.
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