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Carbon intensity of electricity — Guatemala

Carbon intensity of electricity in Guatemala in 2024 — 301 g/kWh. Ranked 66 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 19.5%.

2024 301 g/kWh −2.71% vs 2023
World rank 66of 195
Period maximum 455 g/kWh2002
Period minimum 191 g/kWh2022

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Guatemala, 2000–20241002003004005002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 375 g/kWh2001: 426 g/kWh2002: 455 g/kWh2003: 394 g/kWh2004: 389 g/kWh2005: 358 g/kWh2006: 368 g/kWh2007: 390 g/kWh2008: 356 g/kWh2009: 405 g/kWh2010: 317 g/kWh2011: 315 g/kWh2012: 296 g/kWh2013: 301 g/kWh2014: 301 g/kWh2015: 369 g/kWh2016: 372 g/kWh2017: 313 g/kWh2018: 340 g/kWh2019: 364 g/kWh2020: 266 g/kWh2021: 286 g/kWh2022: 191 g/kWh2023: 310 g/kWh2024: 301 g/kWh
Change over the period: −73 (−19.53%) Average annual rate: -0.9 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Guatemala 301 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Latin America & Caribbean computed 252 g/kWh
Central America computed 443 g/kWh
Upper-middle-income countries computed 531 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 301 −8 −2.71%
2023 310 +118 +61.89%
2022 191 −94 −33.01%
2021 286 +20 +7.53%
2020 266 −98 −26.96%
2019 364 +23 +6.87%
2018 340 +28 +8.82%
2017 313 −59 −15.88%
2016 372 +3 +0.81%
2015 369 +68 +22.64%
2014 301 −1 −0.21%
2013 301 +5 +1.84%
2012 296 −19 −6.07%
2011 315 −2 −0.53%
2010 317 −88 −21.82%
2009 405 +49 +13.81%
2008 356 −34 −8.7%
2007 390 +21 +5.81%
2006 368 +10 +2.85%
2005 358 −31 −8%
2004 389 −4 −1.07%
2003 394 −61 −13.48%
2002 455 +29 +6.69%
2001 426 +52 +13.84%
2000 375 — —

Central America, 2024

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

CR Costa Rica 25 SV El Salvador 113 BZ Belize 170 PA Panama 221 NI Nicaragua 301 GT Guatemala 301 HN Honduras 322 MX Mexico 483
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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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