Carbon intensity of electricity in Germany in 2025 — 330 g/kWh. Ranked 47 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 42.5%.
2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Germany
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 330 | −7 | −2.22% |
| 2024 | 337 | −26 | −7.28% |
| 2023 | 364 | −56 | −13.38% |
| 2022 | 420 | +25 | +6.36% |
| 2021 | 395 | +39 | +10.98% |
| 2020 | 356 | −37 | −9.4% |
| 2019 | 393 | −62 | −13.65% |
| 2018 | 455 | −15 | −3.23% |
| 2017 | 470 | −29 | −5.74% |
| 2016 | 498 | −5 | −1.05% |
| 2015 | 504 | −18 | −3.47% |
| 2014 | 522 | −16 | −3.04% |
| 2013 | 538 | +4 | +0.73% |
| 2012 | 534 | +4 | +0.85% |
| 2011 | 530 | +13 | +2.52% |
| 2010 | 517 | −5 | −0.94% |
| 2009 | 522 | −4 | −0.73% |
| 2008 | 525 | −26 | −4.78% |
| 2007 | 552 | +16 | +2.91% |
| 2006 | 536 | −10 | −1.85% |
| 2005 | 546 | −8 | −1.52% |
| 2004 | 555 | −15 | −2.68% |
| 2003 | 570 | +0 | +0.07% |
| 2002 | 570 | +4 | +0.73% |
| 2001 | 565 | −8 | −1.34% |
| 2000 | 573 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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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