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Carbon intensity of electricity — Uganda

Carbon intensity of electricity in Uganda in 2024 — 59 g/kWh. Ranked 15 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 55.1%.

2024 59 g/kWh −0.7% vs 2023
World rank 15of 195
Period maximum 292 g/kWh2010
Period minimum 26 g/kWh2004

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Uganda, 2000–202401002003002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 38 g/kWh2001: 38 g/kWh2002: 35 g/kWh2003: 33 g/kWh2004: 26 g/kWh2005: 51 g/kWh2006: 181 g/kWh2007: 200 g/kWh2008: 193 g/kWh2009: 264 g/kWh2010: 292 g/kWh2011: 278 g/kWh2012: 97 g/kWh2013: 36 g/kWh2014: 56 g/kWh2015: 56 g/kWh2016: 56 g/kWh2017: 48 g/kWh2018: 81 g/kWh2019: 57 g/kWh2020: 54 g/kWh2021: 55 g/kWh2022: 57 g/kWh2023: 59 g/kWh2024: 59 g/kWh
Change over the period: +21 (+55.06%) Average annual rate: 1.84 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Uganda 59 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Eastern Africa computed 168 g/kWh
Low-income countries computed 284 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 59 −0 −0.7%
2023 59 +2 +2.68%
2022 57 +2 +4.29%
2021 55 +1 +1.25%
2020 54 −2 −4.26%
2019 57 −25 −30.26%
2018 81 +34 +70.94%
2017 48 −8 −14.51%
2016 56 −1 −1.14%
2015 56 +1 +1.09%
2014 56 +20 +55.54%
2013 36 −61 −62.89%
2012 97 −182 −65.29%
2011 278 −14 −4.72%
2010 292 +28 +10.4%
2009 264 +71 +36.93%
2008 193 −7 −3.44%
2007 200 +19 +10.34%
2006 181 +130 +255.25%
2005 51 +25 +97.98%
2004 26 −8 −22.68%
2003 33 −2 −4.44%
2002 35 −3 −7.58%
2001 38 +0 +0%
2000 38 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

ET Ethiopia 23 MW Malawi 55 UG Uganda 59 KE Kenya 85 ZM Zambia 126 MZ Mozambique 129 BI Burundi 184 TZ Tanzania 345 RW Rwanda 354 ZW Zimbabwe 384 MG Madagascar 432 DJ Djibouti 450 SO Somalia 512 SC Seychelles 556 ER Eritrea 578 MU Mauritius 642 SS South Sudan 643
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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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