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Carbon intensity of electricity — Samoa

Carbon intensity of electricity in Samoa in 2024 — 375 g/kWh. Ranked 79 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2024 375 g/kWh −6.25% vs 2023
World rank 79of 195
Period maximum 538 g/kWh2014
Period minimum 273 g/kWh2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Samoa, 2000–20242003004005006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 375 g/kWh2001: 300 g/kWh2002: 273 g/kWh2003: 300 g/kWh2004: 364 g/kWh2005: 364 g/kWh2006: 417 g/kWh2007: 417 g/kWh2008: 364 g/kWh2009: 385 g/kWh2010: 417 g/kWh2011: 385 g/kWh2012: 455 g/kWh2013: 500 g/kWh2014: 538 g/kWh2015: 462 g/kWh2016: 467 g/kWh2017: 438 g/kWh2018: 400 g/kWh2019: 412 g/kWh2020: 389 g/kWh2021: 353 g/kWh2022: 375 g/kWh2023: 400 g/kWh2024: 375 g/kWh
Change over the period: +0 (+0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Samoa 375 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
East Asia & Pacific computed 546 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 375 −25 −6.25%
2023 400 +25 +6.67%
2022 375 +22 +6.25%
2021 353 −36 −9.24%
2020 389 −23 −5.56%
2019 412 +12 +2.94%
2018 400 −38 −8.57%
2017 438 −29 −6.25%
2016 467 +5 +1.11%
2015 462 −77 −14.29%
2014 538 +38 +7.69%
2013 500 +45 +10%
2012 455 +70 +18.18%
2011 385 −32 −7.69%
2010 417 +32 +8.33%
2009 385 +21 +5.77%
2008 364 −53 −12.73%
2007 417 +0 +0%
2006 417 +53 +14.58%
2005 364 +0 +0%
2004 364 +64 +21.21%
2003 300 +27 +10%
2002 273 −27 −9.09%
2001 300 −75 −20%
2000 375 — —

Polynesia, 2024

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

CK Cook Islands 250 WS Samoa 375 PF French Polynesia 431 TO Tonga 571 AS American Samoa 611
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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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