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Carbon intensity of electricity — French Polynesia

Carbon intensity of electricity in French Polynesia in 2024 — 431 g/kWh. Ranked 90 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.1%.

2024 431 g/kWh −1.39% vs 2023
World rank 90of 195
Period maximum 500 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 414 g/kWh2009

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — French Polynesia, 2000–20244004254504755002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 463 g/kWh2001: 500 g/kWh2002: 478 g/kWh2003: 447 g/kWh2004: 444 g/kWh2005: 431 g/kWh2006: 415 g/kWh2007: 418 g/kWh2008: 421 g/kWh2009: 414 g/kWh2010: 443 g/kWh2011: 473 g/kWh2012: 472 g/kWh2013: 500 g/kWh2014: 471 g/kWh2015: 471 g/kWh2016: 456 g/kWh2017: 449 g/kWh2018: 471 g/kWh2019: 464 g/kWh2020: 455 g/kWh2021: 470 g/kWh2022: 437 g/kWh2023: 437 g/kWh2024: 431 g/kWh
Change over the period: −33 (−7.09%) Average annual rate: -0.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

French Polynesia 431 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
East Asia & Pacific computed 546 g/kWh
High-income countries computed 369 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — French Polynesia, by year French Polynesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 431 −6 −1.39%
2023 437 +0 +0%
2022 437 −33 −7.04%
2021 470 +15 +3.33%
2020 455 −9 −1.99%
2019 464 −7 −1.45%
2018 471 +21 +4.74%
2017 449 −7 −1.45%
2016 456 −15 −3.13%
2015 471 +0 +0%
2014 471 −29 −5.88%
2013 500 +28 +5.88%
2012 472 −1 −0.16%
2011 473 +30 +6.76%
2010 443 +29 +7.07%
2009 414 −7 −1.72%
2008 421 +3 +0.69%
2007 418 +3 +0.74%
2006 415 −16 −3.77%
2005 431 −13 −2.94%
2004 444 −2 −0.53%
2003 447 −31 −6.58%
2002 478 −22 −4.35%
2001 500 +37 +7.89%
2000 463 — —

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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