Carbon intensity of electricity in Southern Asia in 2024 — 669 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.5%.
2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Asia
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 669 | −4 | −0.64% |
| 2023 | 673 | +3 | +0.41% |
| 2022 | 670 | −10 | −1.45% |
| 2021 | 680 | +7 | +1.01% |
| 2020 | 673 | −8 | −1.23% |
| 2019 | 682 | −20 | −2.88% |
| 2018 | 702 | −0 | −0.03% |
| 2017 | 702 | −5 | −0.66% |
| 2016 | 707 | +2 | +0.24% |
| 2015 | 705 | +6 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 699 | +8 | +1.15% |
| 2013 | 691 | −7 | −0.97% |
| 2012 | 698 | +15 | +2.14% |
| 2011 | 683 | −9 | −1.31% |
| 2010 | 692 | −6 | −0.86% |
| 2009 | 698 | +10 | +1.42% |
| 2008 | 688 | +18 | +2.65% |
| 2007 | 671 | +1 | +0.14% |
| 2006 | 670 | −11 | −1.66% |
| 2005 | 681 | +2 | +0.23% |
| 2004 | 679 | −22 | −3.1% |
| 2003 | 701 | −3 | −0.39% |
| 2002 | 704 | +1 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 702 | +3 | +0.36% |
| 2000 | 700 | — | — |
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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