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Carbon intensity of electricity — Réunion

Carbon intensity of electricity in Réunion in 2023 — 394 g/kWh. Ranked 83 in the world out of 210. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 18.4%.

2023 394 g/kWh −18.51% vs 2022
World rank 83of 210
Period maximum 644 g/kWh2020
Period minimum 394 g/kWh2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Réunion, 2000–20233004005006007002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 483 g/kWh2001: 519 g/kWh2002: 492 g/kWh2003: 500 g/kWh2004: 493 g/kWh2005: 568 g/kWh2006: 559 g/kWh2007: 577 g/kWh2008: 579 g/kWh2009: 595 g/kWh2010: 585 g/kWh2011: 611 g/kWh2012: 582 g/kWh2013: 553 g/kWh2014: 577 g/kWh2015: 552 g/kWh2016: 561 g/kWh2017: 570 g/kWh2018: 536 g/kWh2019: 567 g/kWh2020: 644 g/kWh2021: 573 g/kWh2022: 484 g/kWh2023: 394 g/kWh
Change over the period: −89 (−18.39%) Average annual rate: -0.88 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Réunion 394 g/kWh
World computed 484 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 491 g/kWh
Eastern Africa computed 189 g/kWh
High-income countries computed 379 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Réunion, by year Réunion All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2023 394 −90 −18.51%
2022 484 −89 −15.57%
2021 573 −71 −11.03%
2020 644 +77 +13.5%
2019 567 +32 +5.9%
2018 536 −35 −6.11%
2017 570 +9 +1.65%
2016 561 +10 +1.72%
2015 552 −25 −4.37%
2014 577 +24 +4.29%
2013 553 −28 −4.88%
2012 582 −29 −4.8%
2011 611 +26 +4.4%
2010 585 −10 −1.72%
2009 595 +17 +2.88%
2008 579 +2 +0.26%
2007 577 +18 +3.2%
2006 559 −9 −1.58%
2005 568 +75 +15.23%
2004 493 −7 −1.37%
2003 500 +8 +1.58%
2002 492 −27 −5.14%
2001 519 +36 +7.45%
2000 483 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

ET Ethiopia 24 MW Malawi 55 UG Uganda 59 KE Kenya 97 ZM Zambia 117 MZ Mozambique 129 BI Burundi 180 RW Rwanda 355 TZ Tanzania 373 ZW Zimbabwe 392 RE Réunion 394 MG Madagascar 423 DJ Djibouti 450 SO Somalia 524 SC Seychelles 565 ER Eritrea 592 MU Mauritius 633 KM Comoros 643 SS South Sudan 643
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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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