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Carbon intensity of electricity — Venezuela

Carbon intensity of electricity in Venezuela in 2024 — 86 g/kWh. Ranked 20 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 59.6%.

2024 86 g/kWh −6.53% vs 2023
World rank 20of 195
Period maximum 357 g/kWh2016
Period minimum 86 g/kWh2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Venezuela, 2000–202401002003004002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 213 g/kWh2001: 262 g/kWh2002: 274 g/kWh2003: 264 g/kWh2004: 229 g/kWh2005: 211 g/kWh2006: 207 g/kWh2007: 218 g/kWh2008: 216 g/kWh2009: 222 g/kWh2010: 252 g/kWh2011: 227 g/kWh2012: 280 g/kWh2013: 298 g/kWh2014: 341 g/kWh2015: 319 g/kWh2016: 357 g/kWh2017: 321 g/kWh2018: 321 g/kWh2019: 321 g/kWh2020: 185 g/kWh2021: 174 g/kWh2022: 180 g/kWh2023: 92 g/kWh2024: 86 g/kWh
Change over the period: −127 (−59.64%) Average annual rate: -3.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Venezuela 86 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Latin America & Caribbean computed 252 g/kWh
South America computed 167 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Venezuela, by year Venezuela All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 86 −6 −6.53%
2023 92 −89 −49.09%
2022 180 +6 +3.55%
2021 174 −10 −5.6%
2020 185 −136 −42.47%
2019 321 −0 −0.02%
2018 321 +0 +0.04%
2017 321 −36 −10.08%
2016 357 +38 +11.86%
2015 319 −23 −6.61%
2014 341 +44 +14.67%
2013 298 +18 +6.4%
2012 280 +53 +23.23%
2011 227 −25 −9.88%
2010 252 +30 +13.46%
2009 222 +6 +2.99%
2008 216 −2 −0.91%
2007 218 +10 +5.05%
2006 207 −4 −1.9%
2005 211 −17 −7.61%
2004 229 −35 −13.31%
2003 264 −10 −3.8%
2002 274 +13 +4.81%
2001 262 +49 +22.95%
2000 213 — —

South America, 2024

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

PY Paraguay 25 UY Uruguay 70 VE Venezuela 86 BR Brazil 106 EC Ecuador 204 PE Peru 259 CL Chile 261 CO Colombia 298 SR Suriname 322 AR Argentina 345 BO Bolivia 495 GY Guyana 645
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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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