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Carbon intensity of electricity — Nicaragua

Carbon intensity of electricity in Nicaragua in 2024 — 301 g/kWh. Ranked 65 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 43.3%.

2024 301 g/kWh +0% vs 2023
World rank 65of 195
Period maximum 538 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 251 g/kWh2020

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Nicaragua, 2000–20242003004005006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 531 g/kWh2001: 538 g/kWh2002: 514 g/kWh2003: 500 g/kWh2004: 498 g/kWh2005: 455 g/kWh2006: 489 g/kWh2007: 500 g/kWh2008: 452 g/kWh2009: 484 g/kWh2010: 444 g/kWh2011: 462 g/kWh2012: 409 g/kWh2013: 348 g/kWh2014: 339 g/kWh2015: 362 g/kWh2016: 349 g/kWh2017: 330 g/kWh2018: 314 g/kWh2019: 334 g/kWh2020: 251 g/kWh2021: 261 g/kWh2022: 289 g/kWh2023: 301 g/kWh2024: 301 g/kWh
Change over the period: −230 (−43.3%) Average annual rate: -2.34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Nicaragua 301 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Latin America & Caribbean computed 252 g/kWh
Central America computed 443 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 301 +0 +0%
2023 301 +12 +3.99%
2022 289 +28 +10.74%
2021 261 +11 +4.24%
2020 251 −83 −24.97%
2019 334 +20 +6.4%
2018 314 −16 −4.75%
2017 330 −19 −5.43%
2016 349 −13 −3.62%
2015 362 +23 +6.82%
2014 339 −9 −2.63%
2013 348 −62 −15.07%
2012 409 −53 −11.37%
2011 462 +18 +4.08%
2010 444 −40 −8.31%
2009 484 +32 +7%
2008 452 −48 −9.52%
2007 500 +11 +2.29%
2006 489 +34 +7.54%
2005 455 −44 −8.77%
2004 498 −2 −0.36%
2003 500 −14 −2.67%
2002 514 −25 −4.59%
2001 538 +8 +1.46%
2000 531 — —

Central America, 2024

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

CR Costa Rica 25 SV El Salvador 113 BZ Belize 170 PA Panama 221 NI Nicaragua 301 GT Guatemala 301 HN Honduras 322 MX Mexico 483
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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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