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Carbon intensity of electricity — Malawi

Carbon intensity of electricity in Malawi in 2024 — 55 g/kWh. Ranked 14 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 44.9%.

2024 55 g/kWh +0% vs 2023
World rank 14of 195
Period maximum 144 g/kWh2018
Period minimum 26 g/kWh2017

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Malawi, 2000–20240501001502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 99 g/kWh2001: 90 g/kWh2002: 102 g/kWh2003: 92 g/kWh2004: 95 g/kWh2005: 98 g/kWh2006: 96 g/kWh2007: 89 g/kWh2008: 76 g/kWh2009: 78 g/kWh2010: 68 g/kWh2011: 66 g/kWh2012: 68 g/kWh2013: 68 g/kWh2014: 65 g/kWh2015: 69 g/kWh2016: 70 g/kWh2017: 26 g/kWh2018: 144 g/kWh2019: 56 g/kWh2020: 34 g/kWh2021: 55 g/kWh2022: 55 g/kWh2023: 55 g/kWh2024: 55 g/kWh
Change over the period: −45 (−44.89%) Average annual rate: -2.45 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 55 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Eastern Africa computed 168 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 55 +0 +0%
2023 55 +0 +0%
2022 55 +0 +0%
2021 55 +20 +59.38%
2020 34 −21 −38.28%
2019 56 −88 −61.32%
2018 144 +117 +448.7%
2017 26 −44 −62.48%
2016 70 +1 +0.94%
2015 69 +5 +7.13%
2014 65 −4 −5.52%
2013 68 +0 +0%
2012 68 +2 +3.49%
2011 66 −2 −2.54%
2010 68 −10 −13.01%
2009 78 +1 +1.79%
2008 76 −12 −13.7%
2007 89 −7 −7.25%
2006 96 −3 −2.55%
2005 98 +3 +2.94%
2004 95 +4 +3.97%
2003 92 −10 −9.81%
2002 102 +11 +12.64%
2001 90 −9 −9.09%
2000 99 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

ET Ethiopia 23 MW Malawi 55 UG Uganda 59 KE Kenya 85 ZM Zambia 126 MZ Mozambique 129 BI Burundi 184 TZ Tanzania 345 RW Rwanda 354 ZW Zimbabwe 384 MG Madagascar 432 DJ Djibouti 450 SO Somalia 512 SC Seychelles 556 ER Eritrea 578 MU Mauritius 642 SS South Sudan 643
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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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