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Carbon intensity of electricity — Syria

Carbon intensity of electricity in Syria in 2024 — 706 g/kWh. Ranked 182 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.7%.

2024 706 g/kWh +0.11% vs 2023
World rank 182of 195
Period maximum 735 g/kWh2015
Period minimum 627 g/kWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Syria, 2000–20246006507007502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 627 g/kWh2001: 632 g/kWh2002: 664 g/kWh2003: 668 g/kWh2004: 631 g/kWh2005: 634 g/kWh2006: 642 g/kWh2007: 643 g/kWh2008: 655 g/kWh2009: 692 g/kWh2010: 696 g/kWh2011: 685 g/kWh2012: 676 g/kWh2013: 663 g/kWh2014: 676 g/kWh2015: 735 g/kWh2016: 704 g/kWh2017: 709 g/kWh2018: 699 g/kWh2019: 697 g/kWh2020: 691 g/kWh2021: 692 g/kWh2022: 682 g/kWh2023: 705 g/kWh2024: 706 g/kWh
Change over the period: +80 (+12.71%) Average annual rate: 0.5 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Syria 706 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Middle East & North Africa computed 630 g/kWh
Western Asia computed 589 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 706 +1 +0.11%
2023 705 +23 +3.4%
2022 682 −10 −1.45%
2021 692 +1 +0.2%
2020 691 −6 −0.89%
2019 697 −2 −0.32%
2018 699 −9 −1.33%
2017 709 +5 +0.69%
2016 704 −31 −4.18%
2015 735 +58 +8.63%
2014 676 +14 +2.04%
2013 663 −13 −1.99%
2012 676 −8 −1.22%
2011 685 −12 −1.7%
2010 696 +5 +0.67%
2009 692 +36 +5.55%
2008 655 +13 +1.99%
2007 643 +0 +0.02%
2006 642 +8 +1.31%
2005 634 +3 +0.55%
2004 631 −37 −5.55%
2003 668 +4 +0.61%
2002 664 +31 +4.95%
2001 632 +6 +0.93%
2000 627 — —

Western Asia, 2024

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

GE Georgia 145 AM Armenia 240 LB Lebanon 390 PS Palestine 414 AE United Arab Emirates 468 TR Türkiye 471 CY Cyprus 511 JO Jordan 530 IL Israel 541 OM Oman 543 QA Qatar 582 YE Yemen 592 AZ Azerbaijan 634 KW Kuwait 635 IQ Iraq 683 SA Saudi Arabia 692 SY Syria 706 BH Bahrain 902
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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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