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Carbon intensity of electricity — Gabon

Carbon intensity of electricity in Gabon in 2024 — 523 g/kWh. Ranked 113 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 71.3%.

2024 523 g/kWh −0.38% vs 2023
World rank 113of 195
Period maximum 525 g/kWh2016
Period minimum 305 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Gabon, 2000–20243004005006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 305 g/kWh2001: 307 g/kWh2002: 306 g/kWh2003: 327 g/kWh2004: 333 g/kWh2005: 376 g/kWh2006: 337 g/kWh2007: 405 g/kWh2008: 403 g/kWh2009: 399 g/kWh2010: 446 g/kWh2011: 493 g/kWh2012: 481 g/kWh2013: 455 g/kWh2014: 497 g/kWh2015: 476 g/kWh2016: 525 g/kWh2017: 496 g/kWh2018: 439 g/kWh2019: 444 g/kWh2020: 423 g/kWh2021: 439 g/kWh2022: 429 g/kWh2023: 525 g/kWh2024: 523 g/kWh
Change over the period: +218 (+71.31%) Average annual rate: 2.27 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gabon 523 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Middle Africa computed 235 g/kWh
Upper-middle-income countries computed 531 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 523 −2 −0.38%
2023 525 +96 +22.27%
2022 429 −10 −2.21%
2021 439 +16 +3.78%
2020 423 −20 −4.61%
2019 444 +5 +1.1%
2018 439 −57 −11.44%
2017 496 −30 −5.63%
2016 525 +49 +10.22%
2015 476 −21 −4.24%
2014 497 +43 +9.45%
2013 455 −27 −5.59%
2012 481 −11 −2.26%
2011 493 +47 +10.55%
2010 446 +47 +11.7%
2009 399 −4 −1.09%
2008 403 −1 −0.32%
2007 405 +67 +19.94%
2006 337 −38 −10.23%
2005 376 +42 +12.74%
2004 333 +7 +2%
2003 327 +21 +6.76%
2002 306 −1 −0.33%
2001 307 +2 +0.59%
2000 305 — —

Middle Africa, 2024

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

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 28 AO Angola 185 CM Cameroon 226 GA Gabon 523 TD Chad 622 GQ Equatorial Guinea 644 CG Republic of the Congo 716
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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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