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Carbon intensity of electricity — Zimbabwe

Carbon intensity of electricity in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 384 g/kWh. Ranked 82 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 19.4%.

2024 384 g/kWh −2.13% vs 2023
World rank 82of 195
Period maximum 544 g/kWh2001
Period minimum 226 g/kWh2009

Trend over time

2000–2024 · grams CO₂ per kWh

Carbon intensity of electricity — Zimbabwe, 2000–20242003004005006002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 476 g/kWh2001: 544 g/kWh2002: 487 g/kWh2003: 352 g/kWh2004: 385 g/kWh2005: 420 g/kWh2006: 294 g/kWh2007: 262 g/kWh2008: 227 g/kWh2009: 226 g/kWh2010: 293 g/kWh2011: 377 g/kWh2012: 357 g/kWh2013: 411 g/kWh2014: 397 g/kWh2015: 420 g/kWh2016: 488 g/kWh2017: 404 g/kWh2018: 396 g/kWh2019: 429 g/kWh2020: 371 g/kWh2021: 270 g/kWh2022: 298 g/kWh2023: 392 g/kWh2024: 384 g/kWh
Change over the period: −92 (−19.39%) Average annual rate: -0.89 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 384 g/kWh
World computed 472 g/kWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 492 g/kWh
Eastern Africa computed 168 g/kWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 624 g/kWh
Carbon intensity of electricity — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year g/kWh Change Change, %
2024 384 −8 −2.13%
2023 392 +95 +31.88%
2022 298 +28 +10.38%
2021 270 −102 −27.36%
2020 371 −58 −13.55%
2019 429 +34 +8.52%
2018 396 −8 −2.08%
2017 404 −84 −17.24%
2016 488 +68 +16.16%
2015 420 +24 +5.97%
2014 397 −14 −3.49%
2013 411 +54 +14.98%
2012 357 −20 −5.28%
2011 377 +85 +28.86%
2010 293 +66 +29.37%
2009 226 −0 −0.18%
2008 227 −35 −13.41%
2007 262 −33 −11.09%
2006 294 −125 −29.86%
2005 420 +35 +9.12%
2004 385 +33 +9.45%
2003 352 −136 −27.84%
2002 487 −57 −10.49%
2001 544 +68 +14.25%
2000 476 — —

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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