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Carbon intensity of electricity — Mali

Carbon intensity of electricity in Mali in 2024 — 539 g/kWh. Ranked 116 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.7%.

2024 539 g/kWh +0.53% vs 2023
World rank 116of 195
Period maximum 539 g/kWh2024
Period minimum 291 g/kWh2014

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Mali, 2000–20242003004005006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 500 g/kWh2001: 505 g/kWh2002: 505 g/kWh2003: 514 g/kWh2004: 516 g/kWh2005: 450 g/kWh2006: 446 g/kWh2007: 456 g/kWh2008: 442 g/kWh2009: 372 g/kWh2010: 352 g/kWh2011: 306 g/kWh2012: 299 g/kWh2013: 318 g/kWh2014: 291 g/kWh2015: 359 g/kWh2016: 331 g/kWh2017: 372 g/kWh2018: 404 g/kWh2019: 417 g/kWh2020: 401 g/kWh2021: 416 g/kWh2022: 392 g/kWh2023: 536 g/kWh2024: 539 g/kWh
Change over the period: +39 (+7.72%) Average annual rate: 0.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mali 539 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Western Africa computed 475 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Mali, by year Mali All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 539 +3 +0.53%
2023 536 +144 +36.78%
2022 392 −25 −5.89%
2021 416 +15 +3.8%
2020 401 −16 −3.91%
2019 417 +13 +3.19%
2018 404 +32 +8.69%
2017 372 +41 +12.37%
2016 331 −27 −7.65%
2015 359 +68 +23.29%
2014 291 −27 −8.59%
2013 318 +19 +6.52%
2012 299 −7 −2.25%
2011 306 −46 −13.12%
2010 352 −20 −5.41%
2009 372 −70 −15.88%
2008 442 −14 −3.01%
2007 456 +10 +2.21%
2006 446 −4 −0.85%
2005 450 −66 −12.83%
2004 516 +2 +0.46%
2003 514 +9 +1.78%
2002 505 −0 −0.03%
2001 505 +5 +0.93%
2000 500 — —

Western Africa, 2024

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

SL Sierra Leone 48 GN Guinea 181 LR Liberia 316 CI Côte d'Ivoire 405 TG Togo 423 CV Cabo Verde 462 GH Ghana 469 NG Nigeria 496 MR Mauritania 512 ML Mali 539 SN Senegal 540 BF Burkina Faso 562 BJ Benin 584 GW Guinea-Bissau 625 GM Gambia 667 NE Niger 674
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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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