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Carbon intensity of electricity — Guinea

Carbon intensity of electricity in Guinea in 2024 — 181 g/kWh. Ranked 43 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 45.7%.

2024 181 g/kWh −2.09% vs 2023
World rank 43of 195
Period maximum 360 g/kWh2003
Period minimum 158 g/kWh2015

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Guinea, 2000–20241002003004002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 333 g/kWh2001: 292 g/kWh2002: 287 g/kWh2003: 360 g/kWh2004: 267 g/kWh2005: 266 g/kWh2006: 260 g/kWh2007: 218 g/kWh2008: 247 g/kWh2009: 238 g/kWh2010: 175 g/kWh2011: 182 g/kWh2012: 233 g/kWh2013: 185 g/kWh2014: 282 g/kWh2015: 158 g/kWh2016: 230 g/kWh2017: 220 g/kWh2018: 263 g/kWh2019: 254 g/kWh2020: 274 g/kWh2021: 192 g/kWh2022: 185 g/kWh2023: 185 g/kWh2024: 181 g/kWh
Change over the period: −152 (−45.66%) Average annual rate: -2.51 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Guinea 181 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 181 −4 −2.09%
2023 185 +0 +0%
2022 185 −7 −3.8%
2021 192 −82 −29.86%
2020 274 +21 +8.09%
2019 254 −9 −3.51%
2018 263 +43 +19.31%
2017 220 −9 −4.12%
2016 230 +72 +45.54%
2015 158 −124 −43.95%
2014 282 +97 +52.58%
2013 185 −48 −20.72%
2012 233 +51 +28.08%
2011 182 +7 +4.14%
2010 175 −63 −26.48%
2009 238 −9 −3.81%
2008 247 +29 +13.29%
2007 218 −42 −16.26%
2006 260 −6 −2.09%
2005 266 −1 −0.32%
2004 267 −94 −26.02%
2003 360 +73 +25.54%
2002 287 −5 −1.56%
2001 292 −42 −12.5%
2000 333 — —

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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