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Carbon intensity of electricity — Republic of the Congo

Carbon intensity of electricity in the Republic of the Congo in 2024 — 716 g/kWh. Ranked 184 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1,976.9%.

2024 716 g/kWh +3.46% vs 2023
World rank 184of 195
Period maximum 716 g/kWh2024
Period minimum 26 g/kWh2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Republic of the Congo, 2000–202402004006008002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 34 g/kWh2001: 30 g/kWh2002: 26 g/kWh2003: 150 g/kWh2004: 175 g/kWh2005: 186 g/kWh2006: 178 g/kWh2007: 175 g/kWh2008: 196 g/kWh2009: 352 g/kWh2010: 420 g/kWh2011: 374 g/kWh2012: 395 g/kWh2013: 410 g/kWh2014: 426 g/kWh2015: 541 g/kWh2016: 559 g/kWh2017: 544 g/kWh2018: 594 g/kWh2019: 656 g/kWh2020: 663 g/kWh2021: 669 g/kWh2022: 707 g/kWh2023: 692 g/kWh2024: 716 g/kWh
Change over the period: +682 (+1,976.91%) Average annual rate: 13.47 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 716 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Middle Africa computed 235 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 716 +24 +3.46%
2023 692 −15 −2.11%
2022 707 +38 +5.67%
2021 669 +6 +0.87%
2020 663 +8 +1.19%
2019 656 +61 +10.33%
2018 594 +51 +9.3%
2017 544 −15 −2.74%
2016 559 +18 +3.27%
2015 541 +115 +27.01%
2014 426 +16 +3.83%
2013 410 +15 +3.81%
2012 395 +21 +5.69%
2011 374 −46 −10.89%
2010 420 +68 +19.3%
2009 352 +156 +79.84%
2008 196 +21 +11.8%
2007 175 −3 −1.56%
2006 178 −8 −4.45%
2005 186 +11 +6.31%
2004 175 +25 +16.67%
2003 150 +124 +485.02%
2002 26 −5 −15.38%
2001 30 −4 −12.12%
2000 34 — —

Middle Africa, 2024

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

CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 28 AO Angola 185 CM Cameroon 226 GA Gabon 523 TD Chad 622 GQ Equatorial Guinea 644 CG Republic of the Congo 716
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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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