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Carbon intensity of electricity — Liberia

Carbon intensity of electricity in Liberia in 2024 — 316 g/kWh. Ranked 67 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 51.4%.

2024 316 g/kWh +7.02% vs 2023
World rank 67of 195
Period maximum 667 g/kWh2011
Period minimum 295 g/kWh2023

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Liberia, 2000–20242003004005006007002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 650 g/kWh2001: 650 g/kWh2002: 650 g/kWh2003: 650 g/kWh2004: 650 g/kWh2005: 650 g/kWh2006: 650 g/kWh2007: 640 g/kWh2008: 640 g/kWh2009: 640 g/kWh2010: 640 g/kWh2011: 667 g/kWh2012: 667 g/kWh2013: 667 g/kWh2014: 667 g/kWh2015: 645 g/kWh2016: 667 g/kWh2017: 657 g/kWh2018: 439 g/kWh2019: 452 g/kWh2020: 467 g/kWh2021: 421 g/kWh2022: 436 g/kWh2023: 295 g/kWh2024: 316 g/kWh
Change over the period: −334 (−51.42%) Average annual rate: -2.96 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Liberia 316 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 316 +21 +7.02%
2023 295 −141 −32.31%
2022 436 +15 +3.53%
2021 421 −46 −9.78%
2020 467 +14 +3.16%
2019 452 +13 +3.04%
2018 439 −218 −33.19%
2017 657 −10 −1.43%
2016 667 +22 +3.33%
2015 645 −22 −3.23%
2014 667 +0 +0%
2013 667 +0 +0%
2012 667 +0 +0%
2011 667 +27 +4.17%
2010 640 +0 +0%
2009 640 +0 +0%
2008 640 +0 +0%
2007 640 −10 −1.54%
2006 650 +0 +0%
2005 650 +0 +0%
2004 650 +0 +0%
2003 650 +0 +0%
2002 650 +0 +0%
2001 650 +0 +0%
2000 650 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

SL Sierra Leone 48 GN Guinea 181 LR Liberia 316 CI Côte d'Ivoire 405 TG Togo 423 CV Cabo Verde 462 GH Ghana 469 NG Nigeria 496 MR Mauritania 512 ML Mali 539 SN Senegal 540 BF Burkina Faso 562 BJ Benin 584 GW Guinea-Bissau 625 GM Gambia 667 NE Niger 674
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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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