Carbon intensity of electricity — all countries

Carbon intensity of electricity — Greece

Carbon intensity of electricity in Greece in 2025 — 324 g/kWh. Ranked 46 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 60.6%.

2025 324 g/kWh +0.8% vs 2024
World rank 46of 91
Period maximum 846 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 322 g/kWh2024

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Greece, 2000–20252004006008001,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 823 g/kWh2001: 846 g/kWh2002: 828 g/kWh2003: 790 g/kWh2004: 786 g/kWh2005: 783 g/kWh2006: 743 g/kWh2007: 777 g/kWh2008: 759 g/kWh2009: 747 g/kWh2010: 707 g/kWh2011: 725 g/kWh2012: 704 g/kWh2013: 637 g/kWh2014: 668 g/kWh2015: 604 g/kWh2016: 572 g/kWh2017: 580 g/kWh2018: 545 g/kWh2019: 497 g/kWh2020: 423 g/kWh2021: 383 g/kWh2022: 377 g/kWh2023: 337 g/kWh2024: 322 g/kWh2025: 324 g/kWh
Change over the period: −498 (−60.57%) Average annual rate: -3.65 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Greece 324 g/kWh
Europe & Central Asia computed 309 g/kWh
Southern Europe computed 255 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Greece, by year Greece All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 324 +3 +0.8%
2024 322 −15 −4.39%
2023 337 −40 −10.67%
2022 377 −6 −1.64%
2021 383 −40 −9.45%
2020 423 −74 −14.87%
2019 497 −48 −8.83%
2018 545 −35 −5.97%
2017 580 +8 +1.44%
2016 572 −32 −5.31%
2015 604 −64 −9.63%
2014 668 +31 +4.9%
2013 637 −67 −9.57%
2012 704 −21 −2.9%
2011 725 +18 +2.51%
2010 707 −40 −5.33%
2009 747 −12 −1.56%
2008 759 −18 −2.32%
2007 777 +34 +4.55%
2006 743 −39 −5.04%
2005 783 −4 −0.46%
2004 786 −4 −0.53%
2003 790 −37 −4.5%
2002 828 −18 −2.13%
2001 846 +23 +2.77%
2000 823

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.