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Carbon intensity of electricity — Somalia

Carbon intensity of electricity in Somalia in 2024 — 512 g/kWh. Ranked 110 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 20.1%.

2024 512 g/kWh −2.33% vs 2023
World rank 110of 195
Period maximum 667 g/kWh2002
Period minimum 512 g/kWh2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Somalia, 2000–20245005506006507002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 640 g/kWh2001: 654 g/kWh2002: 667 g/kWh2003: 643 g/kWh2004: 643 g/kWh2005: 655 g/kWh2006: 667 g/kWh2007: 645 g/kWh2008: 656 g/kWh2009: 667 g/kWh2010: 667 g/kWh2011: 667 g/kWh2012: 647 g/kWh2013: 657 g/kWh2014: 657 g/kWh2015: 657 g/kWh2016: 639 g/kWh2017: 622 g/kWh2018: 622 g/kWh2019: 622 g/kWh2020: 595 g/kWh2021: 579 g/kWh2022: 524 g/kWh2023: 524 g/kWh2024: 512 g/kWh
Change over the period: −128 (−20.06%) Average annual rate: -0.93 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Somalia 512 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Eastern Africa computed 168 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Somalia, by year Somalia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 512 −12 −2.33%
2023 524 +0 +0%
2022 524 −55 −9.52%
2021 579 −16 −2.63%
2020 595 −27 −4.35%
2019 622 +0 +0%
2018 622 +0 +0%
2017 622 −17 −2.7%
2016 639 −18 −2.78%
2015 657 +0 +0%
2014 657 +0 +0%
2013 657 +10 +1.56%
2012 647 −20 −2.94%
2011 667 +0 +0%
2010 667 +0 +0%
2009 667 +10 +1.59%
2008 656 +11 +1.72%
2007 645 −22 −3.23%
2006 667 +12 +1.76%
2005 655 +12 +1.91%
2004 643 +0 +0%
2003 643 −24 −3.57%
2002 667 +13 +1.96%
2001 654 +14 +2.16%
2000 640 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

ET Ethiopia 23 MW Malawi 55 UG Uganda 59 KE Kenya 85 ZM Zambia 126 MZ Mozambique 129 BI Burundi 184 TZ Tanzania 345 RW Rwanda 354 ZW Zimbabwe 384 MG Madagascar 432 DJ Djibouti 450 SO Somalia 512 SC Seychelles 556 ER Eritrea 578 MU Mauritius 642 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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