Carbon intensity of electricity in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 168 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 20.9%.
2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 168 | −22 | −11.4% |
| 2023 | 189 | +9 | +5.21% |
| 2022 | 180 | +5 | +3.01% |
| 2021 | 175 | −12 | −6.53% |
| 2020 | 187 | −20 | −9.79% |
| 2019 | 207 | −2 | −0.96% |
| 2018 | 209 | +0 | +0.06% |
| 2017 | 209 | +12 | +6.15% |
| 2016 | 197 | +15 | +8.03% |
| 2015 | 182 | +1 | +0.38% |
| 2014 | 182 | −9 | −4.87% |
| 2013 | 191 | +4 | +2.13% |
| 2012 | 187 | −11 | −5.47% |
| 2011 | 198 | +20 | +11.21% |
| 2010 | 178 | +3 | +1.75% |
| 2009 | 175 | +7 | +4.47% |
| 2008 | 167 | +0 | +0.07% |
| 2007 | 167 | −20 | −10.61% |
| 2006 | 187 | −19 | −9.3% |
| 2005 | 206 | +18 | +9.66% |
| 2004 | 188 | +20 | +11.65% |
| 2003 | 168 | −20 | −10.79% |
| 2002 | 189 | −19 | −9.23% |
| 2001 | 208 | −4 | −1.98% |
| 2000 | 212 | — | — |
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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