Carbon intensity of electricity — all countries

Carbon intensity of electricity — Eastern Europe

Carbon intensity of electricity in Eastern Europe in 2025 — 436 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 16.6%.

2025 436 g/kWh −0.32% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 522 g/kWh2000
Period minimum 431 g/kWh2020

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Eastern Europe, 2000–20254254504755005252000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 522 g/kWh2001: 515 g/kWh2002: 513 g/kWh2003: 519 g/kWh2004: 503 g/kWh2005: 501 g/kWh2006: 508 g/kWh2007: 509 g/kWh2008: 514 g/kWh2009: 497 g/kWh2010: 496 g/kWh2011: 503 g/kWh2012: 499 g/kWh2013: 487 g/kWh2014: 479 g/kWh2015: 474 g/kWh2016: 475 g/kWh2017: 467 g/kWh2018: 464 g/kWh2019: 456 g/kWh2020: 431 g/kWh2021: 437 g/kWh2022: 446 g/kWh2023: 442 g/kWh2024: 437 g/kWh2025: 436 g/kWh
Change over the period: −87 (−16.58%) Average annual rate: -0.72 %
Carbon intensity of electricity — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 436 −1 −0.32%
2024 437 −5 −1.07%
2023 442 −4 −0.96%
2022 446 +9 +2.04%
2021 437 +6 +1.35%
2020 431 −25 −5.45%
2019 456 −8 −1.67%
2018 464 −3 −0.58%
2017 467 −8 −1.67%
2016 475 +0 +0.04%
2015 474 −5 −1%
2014 479 −8 −1.68%
2013 487 −12 −2.31%
2012 499 −4 −0.83%
2011 503 +7 +1.49%
2010 496 −1 −0.23%
2009 497 −18 −3.4%
2008 514 +5 +1%
2007 509 +1 +0.17%
2006 508 +7 +1.47%
2005 501 −2 −0.35%
2004 503 −16 −3.09%
2003 519 +6 +1.12%
2002 513 −2 −0.38%
2001 515 −7 −1.39%
2000 522

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.