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Carbon intensity of electricity — Jamaica

Carbon intensity of electricity in Jamaica in 2024 — 563 g/kWh. Ranked 129 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 11.2%.

2024 563 g/kWh −0.16% vs 2023
World rank 129of 195
Period maximum 645 g/kWh2002
Period minimum 554 g/kWh2020

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Jamaica, 2000–20245505756006256502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 634 g/kWh2001: 642 g/kWh2002: 645 g/kWh2003: 643 g/kWh2004: 640 g/kWh2005: 637 g/kWh2006: 636 g/kWh2007: 629 g/kWh2008: 619 g/kWh2009: 616 g/kWh2010: 616 g/kWh2011: 608 g/kWh2012: 601 g/kWh2013: 604 g/kWh2014: 601 g/kWh2015: 600 g/kWh2016: 588 g/kWh2017: 580 g/kWh2018: 558 g/kWh2019: 571 g/kWh2020: 554 g/kWh2021: 556 g/kWh2022: 561 g/kWh2023: 564 g/kWh2024: 563 g/kWh
Change over the period: −71 (−11.15%) Average annual rate: -0.49 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 563 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Latin America & Caribbean computed 252 g/kWh
Caribbean computed 622 g/kWh
Upper-middle-income countries computed 531 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 563 −1 −0.16%
2023 564 +3 +0.48%
2022 561 +5 +0.89%
2021 556 +3 +0.47%
2020 554 −17 −3.04%
2019 571 +13 +2.34%
2018 558 −22 −3.76%
2017 580 −8 −1.37%
2016 588 −13 −2.08%
2015 600 −0 −0.08%
2014 601 −3 −0.46%
2013 604 +3 +0.47%
2012 601 −7 −1.13%
2011 608 −8 −1.29%
2010 616 −0 −0.03%
2009 616 −3 −0.56%
2008 619 −9 −1.48%
2007 629 −7 −1.15%
2006 636 −1 −0.19%
2005 637 −3 −0.43%
2004 640 −3 −0.54%
2003 643 −2 −0.26%
2002 645 +3 +0.47%
2001 642 +8 +1.33%
2000 634 — —

Caribbean, 2024

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

HT Haiti 535 AW Aruba 550 JM Jamaica 563 DO Dominican Republic 568 AG Antigua and Barbuda 595 BB Barbados 595 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 600 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 609 TC Turks and Caicos Islands 630 KY Cayman Islands 634 CU Cuba 643 LC Saint Lucia 650 BS Bahamas 653 PR Puerto Rico 657 GD Grenada 667 TT Trinidad and Tobago 682 MS Montserrat 1,000
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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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