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Carbon intensity of electricity — Macao

Carbon intensity of electricity in Macao in 2024 — 474 g/kWh. Ranked 98 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 27.7%.

2024 474 g/kWh −2.16% vs 2023
World rank 98of 195
Period maximum 656 g/kWh2000
Period minimum 390 g/kWh2013

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Macao, 2000–20243004005006007002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 656 g/kWh2001: 637 g/kWh2002: 641 g/kWh2003: 622 g/kWh2004: 624 g/kWh2005: 621 g/kWh2006: 617 g/kWh2007: 612 g/kWh2008: 562 g/kWh2009: 582 g/kWh2010: 528 g/kWh2011: 528 g/kWh2012: 482 g/kWh2013: 390 g/kWh2014: 469 g/kWh2015: 558 g/kWh2016: 566 g/kWh2017: 565 g/kWh2018: 508 g/kWh2019: 500 g/kWh2020: 482 g/kWh2021: 460 g/kWh2022: 449 g/kWh2023: 485 g/kWh2024: 474 g/kWh
Change over the period: −182 (−27.69%) Average annual rate: -1.34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Macao 474 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
East Asia & Pacific computed 546 g/kWh
Eastern Asia computed 545 g/kWh
High-income countries computed 369 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Macao, by year Macao All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 474 −10 −2.16%
2023 485 +36 +7.99%
2022 449 −11 −2.4%
2021 460 −22 −4.59%
2020 482 −18 −3.57%
2019 500 −8 −1.51%
2018 508 −57 −10.08%
2017 565 −1 −0.18%
2016 566 +8 +1.39%
2015 558 +89 +19.02%
2014 469 +79 +20.12%
2013 390 −92 −19.06%
2012 482 −46 −8.7%
2011 528 +0 +0.06%
2010 528 −54 −9.35%
2009 582 +20 +3.6%
2008 562 −50 −8.15%
2007 612 −5 −0.8%
2006 617 −4 −0.63%
2005 621 −4 −0.59%
2004 624 +2 +0.35%
2003 622 −19 −2.96%
2002 641 +4 +0.67%
2001 637 −19 −2.91%
2000 656 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

KP North Korea 341 KR South Korea 416 MO Macao 474 JP Japan 484 CN China 556 TW Taiwan 636 HK Hong Kong 675 MN Mongolia 817
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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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