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Carbon intensity of electricity — Lebanon

Carbon intensity of electricity in Lebanon in 2024 — 390 g/kWh. Ranked 83 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 38.2%.

2024 390 g/kWh −13.26% vs 2023
World rank 83of 195
Period maximum 651 g/kWh2014
Period minimum 380 g/kWh2022

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Lebanon, 2000–20243004005006007002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 630 g/kWh2001: 637 g/kWh2002: 622 g/kWh2003: 592 g/kWh2004: 597 g/kWh2005: 601 g/kWh2006: 620 g/kWh2007: 623 g/kWh2008: 639 g/kWh2009: 626 g/kWh2010: 620 g/kWh2011: 627 g/kWh2012: 619 g/kWh2013: 615 g/kWh2014: 651 g/kWh2015: 641 g/kWh2016: 644 g/kWh2017: 644 g/kWh2018: 644 g/kWh2019: 626 g/kWh2020: 616 g/kWh2021: 600 g/kWh2022: 380 g/kWh2023: 449 g/kWh2024: 390 g/kWh
Change over the period: −241 (−38.19%) Average annual rate: -1.98 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lebanon 390 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Middle East & North Africa computed 630 g/kWh
Western Asia computed 589 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 390 −60 −13.26%
2023 449 +69 +18.21%
2022 380 −220 −36.65%
2021 600 −16 −2.64%
2020 616 −10 −1.58%
2019 626 −19 −2.87%
2018 644 +1 +0.08%
2017 644 −0 −0.04%
2016 644 +3 +0.45%
2015 641 −9 −1.45%
2014 651 +35 +5.7%
2013 615 −4 −0.59%
2012 619 −8 −1.26%
2011 627 +7 +1.13%
2010 620 −6 −1.02%
2009 626 −13 −2.03%
2008 639 +17 +2.71%
2007 623 +3 +0.47%
2006 620 +19 +3.09%
2005 601 +4 +0.67%
2004 597 +5 +0.91%
2003 592 −30 −4.83%
2002 622 −16 −2.44%
2001 637 +7 +1.12%
2000 630 — —

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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