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Carbon intensity of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries

Carbon intensity of electricity in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 624 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.2%.

2024 624 g/kWh −0.5% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 642 g/kWh2016
Period minimum 598 g/kWh2004

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–20245806006206406602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 610 g/kWh2001: 614 g/kWh2002: 615 g/kWh2003: 610 g/kWh2004: 598 g/kWh2005: 599 g/kWh2006: 599 g/kWh2007: 603 g/kWh2008: 614 g/kWh2009: 621 g/kWh2010: 617 g/kWh2011: 612 g/kWh2012: 620 g/kWh2013: 619 g/kWh2014: 627 g/kWh2015: 637 g/kWh2016: 642 g/kWh2017: 631 g/kWh2018: 634 g/kWh2019: 626 g/kWh2020: 617 g/kWh2021: 615 g/kWh2022: 608 g/kWh2023: 627 g/kWh2024: 624 g/kWh
Change over the period: +14 (+2.23%) Average annual rate: 0.09 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 624 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 624 −3 −0.5%
2023 627 +19 +3.09%
2022 608 −7 −1.11%
2021 615 −2 −0.32%
2020 617 −9 −1.48%
2019 626 −8 −1.26%
2018 634 +3 +0.41%
2017 631 −10 −1.62%
2016 642 +5 +0.79%
2015 637 +9 +1.5%
2014 627 +9 +1.37%
2013 619 −1 −0.2%
2012 620 +8 +1.31%
2011 612 −5 −0.76%
2010 617 −4 −0.68%
2009 621 +7 +1.17%
2008 614 +11 +1.88%
2007 603 +4 +0.6%
2006 599 +0 +0.05%
2005 599 +1 +0.18%
2004 598 −13 −2.07%
2003 610 −4 −0.73%
2002 615 +1 +0.18%
2001 614 +4 +0.58%
2000 610 — —

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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