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Carbon intensity of electricity — Switzerland

Carbon intensity of electricity in Switzerland in 2025 — 39 g/kWh. Ranked 6 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.8%.

2025 39 g/kWh +13.42% vs 2024
World rank 6of 91
Period maximum 40 g/kWh2017
Period minimum 33 g/kWh2001

Trend over time

2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Switzerland, 2000–202532343638402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 34 g/kWh2001: 33 g/kWh2002: 34 g/kWh2003: 34 g/kWh2004: 35 g/kWh2005: 38 g/kWh2006: 36 g/kWh2007: 34 g/kWh2008: 34 g/kWh2009: 34 g/kWh2010: 36 g/kWh2011: 36 g/kWh2012: 36 g/kWh2013: 36 g/kWh2014: 34 g/kWh2015: 36 g/kWh2016: 39 g/kWh2017: 40 g/kWh2018: 36 g/kWh2019: 35 g/kWh2020: 37 g/kWh2021: 39 g/kWh2022: 37 g/kWh2023: 35 g/kWh2024: 35 g/kWh2025: 39 g/kWh
Change over the period: +6 (+16.8%) Average annual rate: 0.62 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Switzerland 39 g/kWh
Europe & Central Asia computed 309 g/kWh
Western Europe computed 171 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2025 39 +5 +13.42%
2024 35 −0 −0.69%
2023 35 −2 −6.57%
2022 37 −1 −3.25%
2021 39 +2 +5.13%
2020 37 +1 +3.85%
2019 35 −1 −2.14%
2018 36 −4 −9.26%
2017 40 +0 +0.74%
2016 39 +4 +10.88%
2015 36 +1 +3.43%
2014 34 −1 −3.18%
2013 36 −1 −2.01%
2012 36 −0 −0.03%
2011 36 +0 +1.06%
2010 36 +2 +5.37%
2009 34 −0 −0.32%
2008 34 −0 −0.9%
2007 34 −2 −4.81%
2006 36 −2 −4.86%
2005 38 +3 +8.03%
2004 35 +1 +2.29%
2003 34 +0 +0.55%
2002 34 +1 +2.67%
2001 33 −0 −0.66%
2000 34 — —

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CH Switzerland 39 FR France 41 BE Belgium 109 AT Austria 117 LU Luxembourg 123 NL Netherlands 254 DE Germany 330
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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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