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Carbon intensity of electricity — Luxembourg

Carbon intensity of electricity in Luxembourg in 2025 — 123 g/kWh. Ranked 18 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 45.2%.

2025 123 g/kWh −6.85% vs 2024
World rank 18of 91
Period maximum 319 g/kWh2003
Period minimum 121 g/kWh2023

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Luxembourg, 2000–20251001502002503003502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 225 g/kWh2001: 287 g/kWh2002: 318 g/kWh2003: 319 g/kWh2004: 315 g/kWh2005: 313 g/kWh2006: 314 g/kWh2007: 310 g/kWh2008: 309 g/kWh2009: 311 g/kWh2010: 312 g/kWh2011: 314 g/kWh2012: 304 g/kWh2013: 288 g/kWh2014: 288 g/kWh2015: 269 g/kWh2016: 215 g/kWh2017: 189 g/kWh2018: 188 g/kWh2019: 168 g/kWh2020: 164 g/kWh2021: 163 g/kWh2022: 141 g/kWh2023: 121 g/kWh2024: 132 g/kWh2025: 123 g/kWh
Change over the period: −102 (−45.16%) Average annual rate: -2.37 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Luxembourg 123 g/kWh
Europe & Central Asia computed 309 g/kWh
Western Europe computed 171 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Luxembourg, by year Luxembourg All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 123 −9 −6.85%
2024 132 +12 +9.85%
2023 121 −20 −14.19%
2022 141 −22 −13.59%
2021 163 −1 −0.81%
2020 164 −4 −2.55%
2019 168 −19 −10.28%
2018 188 −1 −0.74%
2017 189 −26 −12.22%
2016 215 −53 −19.9%
2015 269 −19 −6.7%
2014 288 −0 −0.03%
2013 288 −16 −5.36%
2012 304 −10 −3.19%
2011 314 +3 +0.85%
2010 312 +1 +0.2%
2009 311 +2 +0.74%
2008 309 −2 −0.49%
2007 310 −3 −1.02%
2006 314 +0 +0.04%
2005 313 −1 −0.35%
2004 315 −4 −1.4%
2003 319 +1 +0.36%
2002 318 +31 +10.61%
2001 287 +62 +27.72%
2000 225 — —

Western Europe, 2025

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

CH Switzerland 39 FR France 41 BE Belgium 109 AT Austria 117 LU Luxembourg 123 NL Netherlands 254 DE Germany 330
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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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