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Carbon intensity of electricity — Western Asia

Carbon intensity of electricity in Western Asia in 2024 — 589 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 9.2%.

2024 589 g/kWh −1.97% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 662 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 589 g/kWh2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Western Asia, 2000–20245806006206406606802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 649 g/kWh2001: 662 g/kWh2002: 646 g/kWh2003: 642 g/kWh2004: 632 g/kWh2005: 640 g/kWh2006: 639 g/kWh2007: 648 g/kWh2008: 653 g/kWh2009: 650 g/kWh2010: 635 g/kWh2011: 639 g/kWh2012: 637 g/kWh2013: 631 g/kWh2014: 646 g/kWh2015: 632 g/kWh2016: 634 g/kWh2017: 638 g/kWh2018: 639 g/kWh2019: 625 g/kWh2020: 622 g/kWh2021: 618 g/kWh2022: 609 g/kWh2023: 601 g/kWh2024: 589 g/kWh
Change over the period: −60 (−9.2%) Average annual rate: -0.4 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Asia

Western Asia 589 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 589 −12 −1.97%
2023 601 −8 −1.24%
2022 609 −9 −1.5%
2021 618 −4 −0.57%
2020 622 −4 −0.59%
2019 625 −14 −2.22%
2018 639 +1 +0.2%
2017 638 +4 +0.66%
2016 634 +1 +0.24%
2015 632 −14 −2.1%
2014 646 +15 +2.44%
2013 631 −7 −1.02%
2012 637 −2 −0.29%
2011 639 +4 +0.69%
2010 635 −15 −2.3%
2009 650 −4 −0.54%
2008 653 +6 +0.86%
2007 648 +8 +1.3%
2006 639 −1 −0.16%
2005 640 +8 +1.27%
2004 632 −10 −1.54%
2003 642 −4 −0.64%
2002 646 −16 −2.38%
2001 662 +13 +2%
2000 649 — —

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.

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