Carbon intensity of electricity — all countries

Carbon intensity of electricity — Middle East & North Africa

Carbon intensity of electricity in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 630 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.3%.

2024 630 g/kWh −0.47% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 668 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 630 g/kWh2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Middle East & North Africa, 2000–20246306406506606702000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 666 g/kWh2001: 668 g/kWh2002: 667 g/kWh2003: 666 g/kWh2004: 663 g/kWh2005: 660 g/kWh2006: 658 g/kWh2007: 658 g/kWh2008: 665 g/kWh2009: 666 g/kWh2010: 664 g/kWh2011: 663 g/kWh2012: 663 g/kWh2013: 657 g/kWh2014: 661 g/kWh2015: 662 g/kWh2016: 659 g/kWh2017: 660 g/kWh2018: 662 g/kWh2019: 649 g/kWh2020: 650 g/kWh2021: 651 g/kWh2022: 645 g/kWh2023: 633 g/kWh2024: 630 g/kWh
Change over the period: −36 (−5.33%) Average annual rate: -0.23 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 630 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 630 −3 −0.47%
2023 633 −12 −1.93%
2022 645 −6 −0.91%
2021 651 +1 +0.17%
2020 650 +1 +0.19%
2019 649 −13 −2.01%
2018 662 +2 +0.29%
2017 660 +1 +0.19%
2016 659 −3 −0.46%
2015 662 +2 +0.24%
2014 661 +4 +0.55%
2013 657 −6 −0.83%
2012 663 −1 −0.12%
2011 663 −1 −0.11%
2010 664 −2 −0.23%
2009 666 +0 +0.06%
2008 665 +7 +1.02%
2007 658 +1 +0.11%
2006 658 −2 −0.28%
2005 660 −3 −0.53%
2004 663 −3 −0.51%
2003 666 −1 −0.14%
2002 667 −1 −0.13%
2001 668 +3 +0.41%
2000 666

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.