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Carbon intensity of electricity — Myanmar

Carbon intensity of electricity in Myanmar in 2024 — 503 g/kWh. Ranked 107 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 11.5%.

2024 503 g/kWh −2.45% vs 2023
World rank 107of 195
Period maximum 581 g/kWh2003
Period minimum 244 g/kWh2009

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Myanmar, 2000–20242003004005006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 569 g/kWh2001: 559 g/kWh2002: 550 g/kWh2003: 581 g/kWh2004: 544 g/kWh2005: 478 g/kWh2006: 439 g/kWh2007: 413 g/kWh2008: 372 g/kWh2009: 244 g/kWh2010: 277 g/kWh2011: 275 g/kWh2012: 284 g/kWh2013: 276 g/kWh2014: 366 g/kWh2015: 398 g/kWh2016: 440 g/kWh2017: 451 g/kWh2018: 405 g/kWh2019: 419 g/kWh2020: 487 g/kWh2021: 484 g/kWh2022: 564 g/kWh2023: 516 g/kWh2024: 503 g/kWh
Change over the period: −66 (−11.54%) Average annual rate: -0.51 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Myanmar 503 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
East Asia & Pacific computed 546 g/kWh
South-Eastern Asia computed 574 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 503 −13 −2.45%
2023 516 −48 −8.55%
2022 564 +79 +16.39%
2021 484 −3 −0.56%
2020 487 +68 +16.21%
2019 419 +14 +3.45%
2018 405 −46 −10.15%
2017 451 +11 +2.55%
2016 440 +42 +10.47%
2015 398 +32 +8.72%
2014 366 +90 +32.65%
2013 276 −8 −2.81%
2012 284 +9 +3.23%
2011 275 −2 −0.75%
2010 277 +33 +13.68%
2009 244 −128 −34.36%
2008 372 −41 −9.92%
2007 413 −26 −5.93%
2006 439 −40 −8.34%
2005 478 −65 −12%
2004 544 −38 −6.45%
2003 581 +31 +5.61%
2002 550 −9 −1.54%
2001 559 −10 −1.71%
2000 569 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

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

LA Laos 232 VN Vietnam 487 SG Singapore 499 MM Myanmar 503 KH Cambodia 539 TH Thailand 555 MY Malaysia 602 PH Philippines 629 TL Timor-Leste 667 ID Indonesia 681 BN Brunei Darussalam 892
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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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