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Carbon intensity of electricity — Gambia

Carbon intensity of electricity in the Gambia in 2024 — 667 g/kWh. Ranked 171 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.7%.

2024 667 g/kWh +0% vs 2023
World rank 171of 195
Period maximum 692 g/kWh2000
Period minimum 636 g/kWh2006

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Gambia, 2000–20246206406606807002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 692 g/kWh2001: 667 g/kWh2002: 667 g/kWh2003: 647 g/kWh2004: 684 g/kWh2005: 650 g/kWh2006: 636 g/kWh2007: 652 g/kWh2008: 667 g/kWh2009: 667 g/kWh2010: 640 g/kWh2011: 640 g/kWh2012: 640 g/kWh2013: 640 g/kWh2014: 640 g/kWh2015: 643 g/kWh2016: 667 g/kWh2017: 645 g/kWh2018: 667 g/kWh2019: 652 g/kWh2020: 667 g/kWh2021: 660 g/kWh2022: 667 g/kWh2023: 667 g/kWh2024: 667 g/kWh
Change over the period: −26 (−3.7%) Average annual rate: -0.16 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 667 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 667 +0 +0%
2023 667 +0 +0%
2022 667 +7 +1.01%
2021 660 −7 −1%
2020 667 +15 +2.22%
2019 652 −15 −2.17%
2018 667 +22 +3.33%
2017 645 −22 −3.23%
2016 667 +24 +3.7%
2015 643 +3 +0.45%
2014 640 +0 +0%
2013 640 +0 +0%
2012 640 +0 +0%
2011 640 +0 +0%
2010 640 −27 −4%
2009 667 +0 +0%
2008 667 +15 +2.22%
2007 652 +16 +2.48%
2006 636 −14 −2.1%
2005 650 −34 −5%
2004 684 +37 +5.74%
2003 647 −20 −2.94%
2002 667 +0 +0%
2001 667 −26 −3.7%
2000 692 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

SL Sierra Leone 48 GN Guinea 181 LR Liberia 316 CI Côte d'Ivoire 405 TG Togo 423 CV Cabo Verde 462 GH Ghana 469 NG Nigeria 496 MR Mauritania 512 ML Mali 539 SN Senegal 540 BF Burkina Faso 562 BJ Benin 584 GW Guinea-Bissau 625 GM Gambia 667 NE Niger 674
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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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