Carbon intensity of electricity in the world in 2024 — 472 g/kWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.4%.
2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 472 | −12 | −2.43% |
| 2023 | 484 | −6 | −1.14% |
| 2022 | 490 | −5 | −1.1% |
| 2021 | 495 | +3 | +0.57% |
| 2020 | 492 | −14 | −2.71% |
| 2019 | 506 | −13 | −2.47% |
| 2018 | 519 | −3 | −0.66% |
| 2017 | 522 | −3 | −0.63% |
| 2016 | 526 | −8 | −1.51% |
| 2015 | 534 | −11 | −2.08% |
| 2014 | 545 | −4 | −0.67% |
| 2013 | 549 | +0 | +0.05% |
| 2012 | 548 | −2 | −0.37% |
| 2011 | 550 | +6 | +1.16% |
| 2010 | 544 | +0 | +0.08% |
| 2009 | 544 | −4 | −0.76% |
| 2008 | 548 | −7 | −1.25% |
| 2007 | 555 | +8 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 547 | +3 | +0.55% |
| 2005 | 544 | +4 | +0.73% |
| 2004 | 540 | −5 | −0.94% |
| 2003 | 545 | +12 | +2.31% |
| 2002 | 532 | +3 | +0.58% |
| 2001 | 529 | +2 | +0.37% |
| 2000 | 527 | — | — |
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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