Carbon intensity of electricity in Central America in 2024 — 443 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10%.
2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 443 | −7 | −1.57% |
| 2023 | 450 | +30 | +7.23% |
| 2022 | 420 | +6 | +1.51% |
| 2021 | 414 | −28 | −6.39% |
| 2020 | 442 | −47 | −9.64% |
| 2019 | 489 | +8 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 481 | −8 | −1.66% |
| 2017 | 489 | −9 | −1.88% |
| 2016 | 499 | +2 | +0.49% |
| 2015 | 496 | +5 | +1% |
| 2014 | 491 | −18 | −3.48% |
| 2013 | 509 | −3 | −0.53% |
| 2012 | 512 | +6 | +1.11% |
| 2011 | 506 | +1 | +0.29% |
| 2010 | 505 | −15 | −2.84% |
| 2009 | 519 | +29 | +5.97% |
| 2008 | 490 | −31 | −5.98% |
| 2007 | 521 | +7 | +1.38% |
| 2006 | 514 | −8 | −1.54% |
| 2005 | 522 | +1 | +0.23% |
| 2004 | 521 | −16 | −2.91% |
| 2003 | 537 | +15 | +2.86% |
| 2002 | 522 | +7 | +1.42% |
| 2001 | 514 | +22 | +4.51% |
| 2000 | 492 | — | — |
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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