Carbon intensity of electricity — all countries

Carbon intensity of electricity — Middle Africa

Carbon intensity of electricity in Middle Africa in 2024 — 235 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 159.3%.

2024 235 g/kWh +1.62% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 284 g/kWh2015
Period minimum 91 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Middle Africa, 2000–202401002003002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 91 g/kWh2001: 99 g/kWh2002: 102 g/kWh2003: 113 g/kWh2004: 98 g/kWh2005: 99 g/kWh2006: 112 g/kWh2007: 150 g/kWh2008: 153 g/kWh2009: 182 g/kWh2010: 188 g/kWh2011: 191 g/kWh2012: 197 g/kWh2013: 233 g/kWh2014: 257 g/kWh2015: 284 g/kWh2016: 274 g/kWh2017: 242 g/kWh2018: 230 g/kWh2019: 240 g/kWh2020: 234 g/kWh2021: 227 g/kWh2022: 230 g/kWh2023: 231 g/kWh2024: 235 g/kWh
Change over the period: +144 (+159.25%) Average annual rate: 4.05 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Middle Africa 235 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 235 +4 +1.62%
2023 231 +1 +0.34%
2022 230 +4 +1.61%
2021 227 −7 −3.16%
2020 234 −6 −2.51%
2019 240 +10 +4.29%
2018 230 −12 −4.93%
2017 242 −32 −11.7%
2016 274 −10 −3.45%
2015 284 +27 +10.3%
2014 257 +24 +10.28%
2013 233 +36 +18.49%
2012 197 +6 +3.32%
2011 191 +2 +1.2%
2010 188 +6 +3.55%
2009 182 +29 +18.62%
2008 153 +3 +2.25%
2007 150 +38 +33.72%
2006 112 +13 +13.12%
2005 99 +1 +1.48%
2004 98 −15 −13.37%
2003 113 +10 +10.04%
2002 102 +4 +3.99%
2001 99 +8 +8.84%
2000 91

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.