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Carbon intensity of electricity — Iraq

Carbon intensity of electricity in Iraq in 2024 — 683 g/kWh. Ranked 179 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.8%.

2024 683 g/kWh −0.3% vs 2023
World rank 179of 195
Period maximum 689 g/kWh2022
Period minimum 555 g/kWh2005

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Iraq, 2000–20245506006507002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 658 g/kWh2001: 656 g/kWh2002: 657 g/kWh2003: 655 g/kWh2004: 652 g/kWh2005: 555 g/kWh2006: 572 g/kWh2007: 575 g/kWh2008: 631 g/kWh2009: 636 g/kWh2010: 617 g/kWh2011: 640 g/kWh2012: 612 g/kWh2013: 620 g/kWh2014: 645 g/kWh2015: 654 g/kWh2016: 648 g/kWh2017: 667 g/kWh2018: 682 g/kWh2019: 669 g/kWh2020: 674 g/kWh2021: 678 g/kWh2022: 689 g/kWh2023: 685 g/kWh2024: 683 g/kWh
Change over the period: +25 (+3.77%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 683 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Middle East & North Africa computed 630 g/kWh
Western Asia computed 589 g/kWh
Upper-middle-income countries computed 531 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 683 −2 −0.3%
2023 685 −4 −0.52%
2022 689 +11 +1.62%
2021 678 +4 +0.53%
2020 674 +5 +0.79%
2019 669 −13 −1.93%
2018 682 +15 +2.29%
2017 667 +18 +2.83%
2016 648 −6 −0.91%
2015 654 +9 +1.43%
2014 645 +25 +4.04%
2013 620 +8 +1.28%
2012 612 −28 −4.36%
2011 640 +24 +3.83%
2010 617 −19 −3.03%
2009 636 +5 +0.74%
2008 631 +57 +9.86%
2007 575 +3 +0.51%
2006 572 +17 +3.02%
2005 555 −97 −14.92%
2004 652 −3 −0.5%
2003 655 −2 −0.25%
2002 657 +1 +0.11%
2001 656 −2 −0.29%
2000 658 — —

Western Asia, 2024

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

GE Georgia 145 AM Armenia 240 LB Lebanon 390 PS Palestine 414 AE United Arab Emirates 468 TR Türkiye 471 CY Cyprus 511 JO Jordan 530 IL Israel 541 OM Oman 543 QA Qatar 582 YE Yemen 592 AZ Azerbaijan 634 KW Kuwait 635 IQ Iraq 683 SA Saudi Arabia 692 SY Syria 706 BH Bahrain 902
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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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