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Carbon intensity of electricity — Lesotho

Carbon intensity of electricity in Lesotho in 2022 — 21 g/kWh. Ranked 2 in the world out of 212. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 39.6%.

2022 21 g/kWh +10.39% vs 2021
World rank 2of 212
Period maximum 36 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 17 g/kWh2008

Trend over time

2000–2022 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Lesotho, 2000–2022152025303540200020032006200920122015201820212000: 34 g/kWh2001: 36 g/kWh2002: 32 g/kWh2003: 31 g/kWh2004: 33 g/kWh2005: 22 g/kWh2006: 19 g/kWh2007: 18 g/kWh2008: 17 g/kWh2009: 31 g/kWh2010: 29 g/kWh2011: 20 g/kWh2012: 20 g/kWh2013: 20 g/kWh2014: 19 g/kWh2015: 19 g/kWh2016: 19 g/kWh2017: 19 g/kWh2018: 19 g/kWh2019: 26 g/kWh2020: 23 g/kWh2021: 19 g/kWh2022: 21 g/kWh
Change over the period: −14 (−39.59%) Average annual rate: -2.26 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Lesotho 21 g/kWh
World computed 490 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 497 g/kWh
Southern Africa computed 724 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 608 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2022 21 +2 +10.39%
2021 19 −4 −18.87%
2020 23 −2 −9.28%
2019 26 +6 +33.33%
2018 19 +1 +3.83%
2017 19 −1 −3.69%
2016 19 +0 +1.91%
2015 19 −0 −1.87%
2014 19 −0 −1.94%
2013 20 −1 −3.92%
2012 20 +0 +0%
2011 20 −9 −29.6%
2010 29 −2 −5.78%
2009 31 +14 +78.48%
2008 17 −1 −5.17%
2007 18 −1 −5.46%
2006 19 −3 −11.55%
2005 22 −12 −34.77%
2004 33 +2 +6.66%
2003 31 −1 −3.13%
2002 32 −3 −9.66%
2001 36 +1 +3.57%
2000 34 — —

Southern Africa, 2022

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

LS Lesotho 21 NA Namibia 45 SZ Eswatini 127 ZA South Africa 729 BW Botswana 848
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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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