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Carbon intensity of electricity — Iceland

Carbon intensity of electricity in Iceland in 2024 — 28 g/kWh. Ranked 7 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.9%.

2024 28 g/kWh +0.22% vs 2023
World rank 7of 195
Period maximum 28 g/kWh2018
Period minimum 25 g/kWh2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Iceland, 2000–202425262728292000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 26 g/kWh2001: 25 g/kWh2002: 26 g/kWh2003: 27 g/kWh2004: 27 g/kWh2005: 27 g/kWh2006: 27 g/kWh2007: 28 g/kWh2008: 27 g/kWh2009: 28 g/kWh2010: 27 g/kWh2011: 27 g/kWh2012: 28 g/kWh2013: 28 g/kWh2014: 28 g/kWh2015: 27 g/kWh2016: 28 g/kWh2017: 27 g/kWh2018: 28 g/kWh2019: 28 g/kWh2020: 28 g/kWh2021: 28 g/kWh2022: 28 g/kWh2023: 28 g/kWh2024: 28 g/kWh
Change over the period: +2 (+5.86%) Average annual rate: 0.24 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iceland 28 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Europe & Central Asia computed 314 g/kWh
Northern Europe computed 119 g/kWh
High-income countries computed 369 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 28 +0 +0.22%
2023 28 +0 +0.29%
2022 28 −0 −0.61%
2021 28 −0 −0.75%
2020 28 −0 −1.23%
2019 28 −0 −0.11%
2018 28 +1 +4.29%
2017 27 −0 −0.91%
2016 28 +0 +0.11%
2015 27 −1 −2.14%
2014 28 +0 +1.08%
2013 28 +0 +0.11%
2012 28 +0 +1.68%
2011 27 −0 −0.66%
2010 27 −0 −0.18%
2009 28 +1 +2.23%
2008 27 −1 −2.95%
2007 28 +0 +1.24%
2006 27 +1 +2.62%
2005 27 −0 −0.82%
2004 27 −0 −1.17%
2003 27 +1 +3.42%
2002 26 +1 +4.85%
2001 25 −1 −4.38%
2000 26 — —

Northern Europe, 2024

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

IS Iceland 28 NO Norway 30 SE Sweden 35 FI Finland 67 LT Lithuania 116 DK Denmark 132 LV Latvia 134 GL Greenland 150 GB United Kingdom 217 IE Ireland 271 EE Estonia 343
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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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