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Carbon intensity of electricity — Mauritius

Carbon intensity of electricity in Mauritius in 2024 — 642 g/kWh. Ranked 162 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 14.8%.

2024 642 g/kWh +1.45% vs 2023
World rank 162of 195
Period maximum 648 g/kWh2011
Period minimum 559 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Mauritius, 2000–20245505756006256502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 559 g/kWh2001: 568 g/kWh2002: 582 g/kWh2003: 574 g/kWh2004: 565 g/kWh2005: 593 g/kWh2006: 623 g/kWh2007: 634 g/kWh2008: 637 g/kWh2009: 626 g/kWh2010: 621 g/kWh2011: 648 g/kWh2012: 645 g/kWh2013: 647 g/kWh2014: 643 g/kWh2015: 622 g/kWh2016: 633 g/kWh2017: 643 g/kWh2018: 635 g/kWh2019: 619 g/kWh2020: 614 g/kWh2021: 629 g/kWh2022: 615 g/kWh2023: 633 g/kWh2024: 642 g/kWh
Change over the period: +83 (+14.82%) Average annual rate: 0.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritius 642 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Eastern Africa computed 168 g/kWh
Upper-middle-income countries computed 531 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 642 +9 +1.45%
2023 633 +18 +2.87%
2022 615 −13 −2.13%
2021 629 +15 +2.44%
2020 614 −5 −0.87%
2019 619 −15 −2.43%
2018 635 −8 −1.32%
2017 643 +10 +1.63%
2016 633 +11 +1.72%
2015 622 −21 −3.23%
2014 643 −4 −0.62%
2013 647 +2 +0.26%
2012 645 −3 −0.49%
2011 648 +28 +4.43%
2010 621 −6 −0.9%
2009 626 −10 −1.61%
2008 637 +3 +0.41%
2007 634 +11 +1.81%
2006 623 +30 +5.05%
2005 593 +28 +4.98%
2004 565 −9 −1.63%
2003 574 −7 −1.28%
2002 582 +14 +2.45%
2001 568 +8 +1.5%
2000 559 — —

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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