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Carbon intensity of electricity — Mongolia

Carbon intensity of electricity in Mongolia in 2025 — 824 g/kWh. Ranked 89 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.5%.

2025 824 g/kWh +0.74% vs 2024
World rank 89of 91
Period maximum 910 g/kWh2000
Period minimum 802 g/kWh2021

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Mongolia, 2000–20258008509009502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 910 g/kWh2001: 909 g/kWh2002: 909 g/kWh2003: 910 g/kWh2004: 909 g/kWh2005: 909 g/kWh2006: 909 g/kWh2007: 906 g/kWh2008: 905 g/kWh2009: 899 g/kWh2010: 894 g/kWh2011: 890 g/kWh2012: 890 g/kWh2013: 880 g/kWh2014: 868 g/kWh2015: 868 g/kWh2016: 868 g/kWh2017: 866 g/kWh2018: 843 g/kWh2019: 813 g/kWh2020: 810 g/kWh2021: 802 g/kWh2022: 814 g/kWh2023: 817 g/kWh2024: 817 g/kWh2025: 824 g/kWh
Change over the period: −87 (−9.54%) Average annual rate: -0.4 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Mongolia 824 g/kWh
Eastern Asia computed 519 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 824 +6 +0.74%
2024 817 +1 +0.1%
2023 817 +2 +0.3%
2022 814 +12 +1.47%
2021 802 −8 −0.97%
2020 810 −2 −0.3%
2019 813 −31 −3.62%
2018 843 −22 −2.59%
2017 866 −2 −0.24%
2016 868 +0 +0.03%
2015 868 −1 −0.06%
2014 868 −12 −1.41%
2013 880 −9 −1.05%
2012 890 −0 −0.01%
2011 890 −4 −0.41%
2010 894 −5 −0.56%
2009 899 −6 −0.72%
2008 905 −1 −0.07%
2007 906 −4 −0.41%
2006 909 +1 +0.06%
2005 909 +0 +0.03%
2004 909 −1 −0.16%
2003 910 +1 +0.06%
2002 909 +0 +0.03%
2001 909 −1 −0.14%
2000 910 — —

Eastern Asia, 2025

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

KR South Korea 417 JP Japan 477 CN China 526 TW Taiwan 634 MN Mongolia 824
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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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