Carbon intensity of electricity — all countries

Carbon intensity of electricity — Caribbean

Carbon intensity of electricity in the Caribbean in 2024 — 622 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3%.

2024 622 g/kWh −0.1% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 652 g/kWh2003
Period minimum 618 g/kWh2021

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Caribbean, 2000–20246106206306406506602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 641 g/kWh2001: 642 g/kWh2002: 645 g/kWh2003: 652 g/kWh2004: 648 g/kWh2005: 648 g/kWh2006: 651 g/kWh2007: 651 g/kWh2008: 652 g/kWh2009: 649 g/kWh2010: 648 g/kWh2011: 649 g/kWh2012: 643 g/kWh2013: 638 g/kWh2014: 644 g/kWh2015: 645 g/kWh2016: 640 g/kWh2017: 626 g/kWh2018: 628 g/kWh2019: 629 g/kWh2020: 627 g/kWh2021: 618 g/kWh2022: 622 g/kWh2023: 622 g/kWh2024: 622 g/kWh
Change over the period: −19 (−2.97%) Average annual rate: -0.13 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Caribbean 622 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Caribbean, by year Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 622 −1 −0.1%
2023 622 +0 +0.06%
2022 622 +4 +0.63%
2021 618 −9 −1.41%
2020 627 −2 −0.35%
2019 629 +1 +0.22%
2018 628 +2 +0.27%
2017 626 −14 −2.21%
2016 640 −4 −0.68%
2015 645 +1 +0.13%
2014 644 +6 +0.91%
2013 638 −5 −0.79%
2012 643 −6 −0.88%
2011 649 +0 +0.06%
2010 648 −1 −0.17%
2009 649 −2 −0.35%
2008 652 +1 +0.14%
2007 651 −0 −0.02%
2006 651 +3 +0.53%
2005 648 −0 −0.03%
2004 648 −4 −0.65%
2003 652 +7 +1.01%
2002 645 +3 +0.48%
2001 642 +2 +0.24%
2000 641

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.