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Carbon intensity of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries

Carbon intensity of electricity in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 531 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 12.4%.

2024 531 g/kWh −3.53% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 666 g/kWh2007
Period minimum 531 g/kWh2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–20245005506006507002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 607 g/kWh2001: 613 g/kWh2002: 620 g/kWh2003: 638 g/kWh2004: 638 g/kWh2005: 647 g/kWh2006: 656 g/kWh2007: 666 g/kWh2008: 645 g/kWh2009: 652 g/kWh2010: 646 g/kWh2011: 659 g/kWh2012: 642 g/kWh2013: 644 g/kWh2014: 633 g/kWh2015: 614 g/kWh2016: 602 g/kWh2017: 598 g/kWh2018: 593 g/kWh2019: 580 g/kWh2020: 570 g/kWh2021: 566 g/kWh2022: 554 g/kWh2023: 551 g/kWh2024: 531 g/kWh
Change over the period: −75 (−12.44%) Average annual rate: -0.55 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 531 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 531 −19 −3.53%
2023 551 −3 −0.62%
2022 554 −12 −2.14%
2021 566 −4 −0.69%
2020 570 −10 −1.72%
2019 580 −13 −2.15%
2018 593 −5 −0.79%
2017 598 −4 −0.67%
2016 602 −13 −2.07%
2015 614 −19 −2.98%
2014 633 −11 −1.7%
2013 644 +2 +0.35%
2012 642 −17 −2.6%
2011 659 +13 +2.03%
2010 646 −6 −0.94%
2009 652 +7 +1.02%
2008 645 −20 −3.05%
2007 666 +9 +1.44%
2006 656 +9 +1.43%
2005 647 +9 +1.39%
2004 638 +0 +0.06%
2003 638 +18 +2.96%
2002 620 +6 +1.05%
2001 613 +6 +1.05%
2000 607 — —

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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