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Carbon intensity of electricity — Low-income countries

Carbon intensity of electricity in low-income countries in 2024 — 284 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 28.8%.

2024 284 g/kWh −4.43% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 428 g/kWh2009
Period minimum 275 g/kWh2022

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Low-income countries, 2000–20242503003504004502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 398 g/kWh2001: 394 g/kWh2002: 401 g/kWh2003: 414 g/kWh2004: 397 g/kWh2005: 400 g/kWh2006: 407 g/kWh2007: 395 g/kWh2008: 412 g/kWh2009: 428 g/kWh2010: 418 g/kWh2011: 388 g/kWh2012: 363 g/kWh2013: 332 g/kWh2014: 315 g/kWh2015: 324 g/kWh2016: 329 g/kWh2017: 331 g/kWh2018: 336 g/kWh2019: 330 g/kWh2020: 305 g/kWh2021: 293 g/kWh2022: 275 g/kWh2023: 297 g/kWh2024: 284 g/kWh
Change over the period: −115 (−28.79%) Average annual rate: -1.4 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 284 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 284 −13 −4.43%
2023 297 +22 +7.98%
2022 275 −19 −6.33%
2021 293 −11 −3.68%
2020 305 −25 −7.64%
2019 330 −6 −1.87%
2018 336 +5 +1.44%
2017 331 +2 +0.69%
2016 329 +5 +1.44%
2015 324 +9 +2.85%
2014 315 −16 −4.96%
2013 332 −31 −8.47%
2012 363 −25 −6.45%
2011 388 −30 −7.28%
2010 418 −10 −2.39%
2009 428 +16 +3.92%
2008 412 +17 +4.35%
2007 395 −12 −2.98%
2006 407 +7 +1.85%
2005 400 +3 +0.64%
2004 397 −17 −4.19%
2003 414 +13 +3.34%
2002 401 +7 +1.78%
2001 394 −4 −1.1%
2000 398 — —

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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