Carbon intensity of electricity in Western Africa in 2024 — 475 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 34.7%.
2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 475 | −4 | −0.86% |
| 2023 | 479 | +10 | +2.07% |
| 2022 | 469 | −17 | −3.59% |
| 2021 | 487 | +2 | +0.45% |
| 2020 | 484 | +14 | +3.04% |
| 2019 | 470 | −9 | −1.8% |
| 2018 | 479 | +6 | +1.18% |
| 2017 | 473 | −13 | −2.63% |
| 2016 | 486 | −4 | −0.81% |
| 2015 | 490 | +19 | +4.06% |
| 2014 | 471 | +9 | +2.06% |
| 2013 | 461 | +9 | +1.88% |
| 2012 | 453 | +9 | +1.93% |
| 2011 | 444 | +7 | +1.71% |
| 2010 | 437 | +16 | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 421 | −1 | −0.35% |
| 2008 | 423 | −31 | −6.79% |
| 2007 | 454 | +17 | +3.91% |
| 2006 | 436 | +29 | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 407 | +5 | +1.34% |
| 2004 | 402 | −3 | −0.86% |
| 2003 | 405 | +13 | +3.26% |
| 2002 | 392 | +30 | +8.38% |
| 2001 | 362 | +10 | +2.77% |
| 2000 | 352 | — | — |
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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