Carbon intensity of electricity in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 252 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.3%.
2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 252 | −3 | −1.03% |
| 2023 | 254 | −4 | −1.4% |
| 2022 | 258 | −27 | −9.49% |
| 2021 | 285 | +4 | +1.31% |
| 2020 | 281 | −23 | −7.49% |
| 2019 | 304 | +1 | +0.46% |
| 2018 | 303 | −8 | −2.68% |
| 2017 | 311 | −13 | −3.91% |
| 2016 | 324 | −11 | −3.18% |
| 2015 | 334 | +2 | +0.59% |
| 2014 | 332 | +6 | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 326 | +16 | +5.07% |
| 2012 | 310 | +20 | +6.84% |
| 2011 | 290 | −7 | −2.46% |
| 2010 | 298 | +9 | +2.99% |
| 2009 | 289 | −1 | −0.39% |
| 2008 | 290 | +0 | +0.05% |
| 2007 | 290 | +6 | +2.18% |
| 2006 | 284 | −3 | −1% |
| 2005 | 287 | −2 | −0.85% |
| 2004 | 289 | +1 | +0.49% |
| 2003 | 288 | +3 | +1.09% |
| 2002 | 285 | −2 | −0.83% |
| 2001 | 287 | +16 | +5.78% |
| 2000 | 271 | — | — |
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.
How much carbon dioxide the electricity sector of a country emits in a year.
Electricity Fossil fuel share of electricityWhat share of its electricity a country gets from coal, gas and oil together.
Electricity Clean electricity shareWhat share of its electricity a country gets from sources without emissions — renewables and nuclear.