Rankings · energy
Countries by carbon intensity of electricity
Lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated (Ember). 195 countries ranked for 2024 (g CO₂e per kWh).
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| 1 |  Turkmenistan | 1,306 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.0% | = |
| 2 |  Uzbekistan | 1,040 g CO₂e per kWh | -7.2% | = |
| 3 |  Montserrat | 1,000 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.0% | = |
| 4 |  Kosovo | 925 g CO₂e per kWh | -5.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 5 |  Bahrain | 902 g CO₂e per kWh | -0.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 6 |  Brunei | 892 g CO₂e per kWh | -1.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 7 |  Botswana | 851 g CO₂e per kWh | -0.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 8 |  Libya | 827 g CO₂e per kWh | +6.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 9 |  Mongolia | 811 g CO₂e per kWh | -6.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 10 |  Kazakhstan | 802 g CO₂e per kWh | -5.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 11 |  South Africa | 717 g CO₂e per kWh | -9.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 12 |  Republic of the Congo | 716 g CO₂e per kWh | +68.1% | ▲ 119 |
| 13 |  Syria | 706 g CO₂e per kWh | +4.4% | ▲ 17 |
| 14 |  India | 705 g CO₂e per kWh | -5.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 15 |  Bangladesh | 696 g CO₂e per kWh | +2.8% | ▲ 14 |
| 16 |  Saudi Arabia | 692 g CO₂e per kWh | -0.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 17 |  Iraq | 683 g CO₂e per kWh | +5.9% | ▲ 49 |
| 18 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 682 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.1% | ▲ 9 |
| 19 |  Indonesia | 680 g CO₂e per kWh | -1.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 20 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 675 g CO₂e per kWh | -21.6% | ▼ 11 |
| 21 |  Niger | 674 g CO₂e per kWh | -10.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 22 |  Gambia | 667 g CO₂e per kWh | +4.2% | ▲ 50 |
| 23 |  Grenada | 667 g CO₂e per kWh | +2.6% | ▲ 36 |
| 24 |  Timor-Leste | 667 g CO₂e per kWh | +1.5% | ▲ 25 |
| 25 |  Republic of Serbia | 666 g CO₂e per kWh | -2.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 26 |  Puerto Rico | 656 g CO₂e per kWh | -4.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 27 |  The Bahamas | 653 g CO₂e per kWh | -0.5% | ▲ 23 |
| 28 |  Saint Lucia | 650 g CO₂e per kWh | -1.2% | ▲ 19 |
| 29 |  Iran | 649 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.8% | ▲ 38 |
| 30 |  Guyana | 645 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.8% | ▲ 43 |
| 31 |  Equatorial Guinea | 644 g CO₂e per kWh | +11.4% | ▲ 63 |
| 32 |  Cuba | 643 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.0% | ▲ 37 |
| 33 |  South Sudan | 643 g CO₂e per kWh | -3.6% | ▲ 9 |
| 34 |  Mauritius | 642 g CO₂e per kWh | -0.2% | ▲ 36 |
| 35 |  Bermuda | 639 g CO₂e per kWh | -2.0% | ▲ 18 |
| 36 |  Solomon Islands | 636 g CO₂e per kWh | -4.6% | ▲ 5 |
| 37 |  Kuwait | 635 g CO₂e per kWh | -2.5% | ▲ 18 |
| 38 |  Taiwan | 635 g CO₂e per kWh | -1.7% | ▲ 27 |
| 39 |  Azerbaijan | 634 g CO₂e per kWh | -6.4% | ▼ 11 |
| 40 |  Cayman Islands | 634 g CO₂e per kWh | -4.1% | ▲ 4 |
| 41 |  Moldova | 634 g CO₂e per kWh | -5.4% | ▼ 9 |
| 42 |  Algeria | 633 g CO₂e per kWh | -0.6% | ▲ 32 |
| 43 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 630 g CO₂e per kWh | -3.4% | ▲ 11 |
| 44 |  Guinea-Bissau | 625 g CO₂e per kWh | -6.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 45 |  Philippines | 622 g CO₂e per kWh | +15.8% | ▲ 57 |
| 46 |  Chad | 622 g CO₂e per kWh | -1.7% | ▲ 32 |
| 47 |  Maldives | 612 g CO₂e per kWh | -5.6% | ▲ 14 |
| 48 |  American Samoa | 611 g CO₂e per kWh | -8.4% | ▼ 14 |
| 49 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 609 g CO₂e per kWh | -4.2% | ▲ 26 |
| 50 |  Guam | 608 g CO₂e per kWh | -7.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 51 |  Poland | 608 g CO₂e per kWh | -28.0% | ▼ 39 |
| 52 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 601 g CO₂e per kWh | -8.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 53 |  Malaysia | 600 g CO₂e per kWh | -9.4% | ▼ 10 |
| 54 |  Nauru | 600 g CO₂e per kWh | -10.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 55 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 600 g CO₂e per kWh | -6.7% | ▲ 16 |
| 56 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 595 g CO₂e per kWh | -8.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 57 |  Barbados | 595 g CO₂e per kWh | -8.5% | ▲ 1 |
| 58 |  Morocco | 595 g CO₂e per kWh | -8.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 59 |  Yemen | 592 g CO₂e per kWh | -18.1% | ▼ 40 |
| 60 |  Benin | 584 g CO₂e per kWh | -9.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 61 |  Qatar | 582 g CO₂e per kWh | -3.5% | ▲ 21 |
| 62 |  Eritrea | 578 g CO₂e per kWh | -13.3% | ▼ 26 |
| 63 |  Egypt | 575 g CO₂e per kWh | -2.9% | ▲ 28 |
| 64 |  Tonga | 571 g CO₂e per kWh | -4.8% | ▲ 24 |
| 65 |  Dominican Republic | 568 g CO₂e per kWh | -4.4% | ▲ 25 |
| 66 |  Jamaica | 563 g CO₂e per kWh | -6.3% | ▲ 18 |
| 67 |  Burkina Faso | 562 g CO₂e per kWh | -3.1% | ▲ 26 |
| 68 |  New Caledonia | 561 g CO₂e per kWh | -11.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 69 |  Tunisia | 558 g CO₂e per kWh | -1.2% | ▲ 29 |
| 70 |  Seychelles | 556 g CO₂e per kWh | -13.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 71 |  China | 555 g CO₂e per kWh | -20.0% | ▼ 49 |
| 72 |  Thailand | 555 g CO₂e per kWh | -7.7% | ▲ 13 |
| 73 |  Australia | 554 g CO₂e per kWh | -24.5% | ▼ 55 |
| 74 |  Aruba | 550 g CO₂e per kWh | +1.3% | ▲ 26 |
| 75 |  Oman | 543 g CO₂e per kWh | -4.2% | ▲ 21 |
| 76 |  Israel | 541 g CO₂e per kWh | -23.3% | ▼ 56 |
| 77 |  Senegal | 540 g CO₂e per kWh | -12.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 78 |  Cambodia | 539 g CO₂e per kWh | +64.8% | ▲ 70 |
| 79 |  Mali | 539 g CO₂e per kWh | +85.2% | ▲ 79 |
| 80 |  Haiti | 535 g CO₂e per kWh | -11.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 81 |  Jordan | 530 g CO₂e per kWh | -19.5% | ▼ 35 |
| 82 |  Gabon | 523 g CO₂e per kWh | +5.2% | ▲ 33 |
| 83 |  Papua New Guinea | 514 g CO₂e per kWh | +13.5% | ▲ 42 |
| 84 |  Mauritania | 512 g CO₂e per kWh | -0.6% | ▲ 26 |
| 85 |  Somalia | 512 g CO₂e per kWh | -22.1% | ▼ 37 |
| 86 |  Cyprus | 511 g CO₂e per kWh | -16.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 87 |  North Macedonia | 510 g CO₂e per kWh | -31.9% | ▼ 71 |
| 88 |  Myanmar | 503 g CO₂e per kWh | +37.4% | ▲ 53 |
| 89 |  Kiribati | 500 g CO₂e per kWh | -25.0% | ▼ 51 |
| 90 |  Singapore | 499 g CO₂e per kWh | -1.6% | ▲ 23 |
| 91 |  Nigeria | 496 g CO₂e per kWh | -9.3% | ▲ 8 |
| 92 |  Bolivia | 495 g CO₂e per kWh | -6.6% | ▲ 13 |
| 93 |  Malta | 489 g CO₂e per kWh | -23.1% | ▼ 17 |
| 94 |  Vietnam | 484 g CO₂e per kWh | +20.7% | ▲ 42 |
| 95 |  Japan | 483 g CO₂e per kWh | -18.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 96 |  Mexico | 483 g CO₂e per kWh | -8.2% | ▲ 11 |
| 97 |  Macao S.A.R | 474 g CO₂e per kWh | +1.1% | ▲ 23 |
| 98 |  Turkey | 470 g CO₂e per kWh | -17.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 99 |  Ghana | 469 g CO₂e per kWh | +74.3% | ▲ 65 |
| 100 |  United Arab Emirates | 468 g CO₂e per kWh | -30.7% | ▼ 69 |
| 101 |  Cabo Verde | 462 g CO₂e per kWh | -9.8% | ▲ 10 |
| 102 |  Djibouti | 450 g CO₂e per kWh | -35.7% | ▼ 81 |
| 103 |  Russia | 446 g CO₂e per kWh | -0.7% | ▲ 23 |
| 104 |  Madagascar | 432 g CO₂e per kWh | +30.5% | ▲ 43 |
| 105 |  French Polynesia | 431 g CO₂e per kWh | -8.5% | ▲ 14 |
| 106 |  Togo | 423 g CO₂e per kWh | -1.4% | ▲ 24 |
| 107 |  Montenegro | 422 g CO₂e per kWh | -9.6% | ▲ 14 |
| 108 |  South Korea | 416 g CO₂e per kWh | -15.6% | ▲ 9 |
| 109 |  Czechia | 414 g CO₂e per kWh | -22.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 110 |  Palestine | 414 g CO₂e per kWh | -36.0% | ▼ 46 |
| 111 |  Ivory Coast | 405 g CO₂e per kWh | -8.0% | ▲ 17 |
| 112 |  Lebanon | 390 g CO₂e per kWh | -40.1% | ▼ 56 |
| 113 |  United States | 384 g CO₂e per kWh | -27.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 114 |  Zimbabwe | 384 g CO₂e per kWh | -3.3% | ▲ 23 |
| 115 |  Sri Lanka | 378 g CO₂e per kWh | -18.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 116 |  Samoa | 375 g CO₂e per kWh | -30.3% | ▼ 15 |
| 117 |  Pakistan | 374 g CO₂e per kWh | -13.6% | ▲ 12 |
| 118 |  Rwanda | 354 g CO₂e per kWh | +3.8% | ▲ 26 |
| 119 |  Argentina | 345 g CO₂e per kWh | -18.6% | ▲ 13 |
| 120 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 345 g CO₂e per kWh | +9.2% | ▲ 33 |
| 121 |  Estonia | 343 g CO₂e per kWh | -42.4% | ▼ 32 |
| 122 |  North Korea | 341 g CO₂e per kWh | -8.1% | ▲ 17 |
| 123 |  Germany | 336 g CO₂e per kWh | -35.6% | ▼ 15 |
| 124 |  Belarus | 330 g CO₂e per kWh | -34.9% | ▼ 12 |
| 125 |  Greece | 322 g CO₂e per kWh | -51.8% | ▼ 92 |
| 126 |  Honduras | 322 g CO₂e per kWh | -21.7% | ▲ 8 |
| 127 |  Suriname | 322 g CO₂e per kWh | -31.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 128 |  Liberia | 316 g CO₂e per kWh | -52.6% | ▼ 89 |
| 129 |  Guatemala | 301 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.0% | ▲ 26 |
| 130 |  Nicaragua | 301 g CO₂e per kWh | -11.2% | ▲ 16 |
| 131 |  Colombia | 298 g CO₂e per kWh | +25.7% | ▲ 36 |
| 132 |  Italy | 281 g CO₂e per kWh | -25.9% | ▲ 6 |
| 133 |  Bulgaria | 279 g CO₂e per kWh | -42.7% | ▼ 15 |
| 134 |  Fiji | 278 g CO₂e per kWh | -23.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 135 |  Ireland | 271 g CO₂e per kWh | -39.2% | ▼ 8 |
| 136 |  Chile | 260 g CO₂e per kWh | -47.4% | ▼ 20 |
| 137 |  Peru | 259 g CO₂e per kWh | -16.5% | ▲ 17 |
| 138 |  Netherlands | 251 g CO₂e per kWh | -51.8% | ▼ 29 |
| 139 |  Romania | 251 g CO₂e per kWh | -29.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 140 |  Cook Islands | 250 g CO₂e per kWh | -62.5% | ▼ 105 |
| 141 |  Armenia | 240 g CO₂e per kWh | -9.1% | ▲ 24 |
| 142 |  Laos | 232 g CO₂e per kWh | +866.7% | ▲ 60 |
| 143 |  Slovenia | 230 g CO₂e per kWh | -5.7% | ▲ 23 |
| 144 |  Cameroon | 226 g CO₂e per kWh | -19.9% | ▲ 18 |
| 145 |  Panama | 221 g CO₂e per kWh | -30.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 146 |  United Kingdom | 217 g CO₂e per kWh | -53.1% | ▼ 23 |
| 147 |  Ecuador | 204 g CO₂e per kWh | -44.7% | ▼ 7 |
| 148 |  Angola | 185 g CO₂e per kWh | -42.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 149 |  Canada | 185 g CO₂e per kWh | -2.1% | ▲ 24 |
| 150 |  Burundi | 184 g CO₂e per kWh | +65.8% | ▲ 35 |
| 151 |  Hungary | 184 g CO₂e per kWh | -38.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 152 |  Guinea | 181 g CO₂e per kWh | -35.8% | ▲ 11 |
| 153 |  Croatia | 171 g CO₂e per kWh | -24.3% | ▲ 16 |
| 154 |  Belize | 170 g CO₂e per kWh | +22.3% | ▲ 28 |
| 155 |  Sudan | 154 g CO₂e per kWh | -5.5% | ▲ 22 |
| 156 |  Greenland | 150 g CO₂e per kWh | +2.7% | ▲ 24 |
| 157 |  Spain | 146 g CO₂e per kWh | -49.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 158 |  Georgia | 145 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.7% | ▲ 23 |
| 159 |  Latvia | 134 g CO₂e per kWh | -33.7% | ▲ 11 |
| 160 |  Denmark | 132 g CO₂e per kWh | -67.1% | ▼ 25 |
| 161 |  Luxembourg | 132 g CO₂e per kWh | -54.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 162 |  Afghanistan | 131 g CO₂e per kWh | +1.6% | ▲ 22 |
| 163 |  Eswatini | 131 g CO₂e per kWh | -21.6% | ▲ 13 |
| 164 |  Mozambique | 129 g CO₂e per kWh | +303.1% | ▲ 34 |
| 165 |  Belgium | 127 g CO₂e per kWh | -33.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 166 |  Zambia | 120 g CO₂e per kWh | +179.1% | ▲ 26 |
| 167 |  Kyrgyzstan | 119 g CO₂e per kWh | +21.4% | ▲ 19 |
| 168 |  Lithuania | 116 g CO₂e per kWh | -59.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 169 |  El Salvador | 113 g CO₂e per kWh | -61.6% | ▼ 12 |
| 170 |  New Zealand | 112 g CO₂e per kWh | -24.3% | ▲ 9 |
| 171 |  Portugal | 111 g CO₂e per kWh | -66.0% | ▼ 22 |
| 172 |  Brazil | 106 g CO₂e per kWh | -45.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 173 |  Austria | 103 g CO₂e per kWh | -31.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 174 |  Slovakia | 97 g CO₂e per kWh | -43.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 175 |  Venezuela | 86 g CO₂e per kWh | -74.8% | ▼ 30 |
| 176 |  Kenya | 85 g CO₂e per kWh | -54.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 177 |  Tajikistan | 71 g CO₂e per kWh | +115.2% | ▲ 20 |
| 178 |  Uruguay | 70 g CO₂e per kWh | -18.6% | ▲ 10 |
| 179 |  Finland | 67 g CO₂e per kWh | -70.4% | ▼ 11 |
| 180 |  Uganda | 59 g CO₂e per kWh | +5.4% | ▲ 10 |
| 181 |  Malawi | 55 g CO₂e per kWh | -15.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 182 |  Namibia | 49 g CO₂e per kWh | +48.5% | ▲ 14 |
| 183 |  Sierra Leone | 48 g CO₂e per kWh | -63.9% | = |
| 184 |  France | 40 g CO₂e per kWh | -23.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 185 |  Switzerland | 35 g CO₂e per kWh | +2.9% | ▲ 9 |
| 186 |  Sweden | 35 g CO₂e per kWh | -12.5% | ▲ 7 |
| 187 |  Norway | 30 g CO₂e per kWh | -11.8% | ▲ 8 |
| 188 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28 g CO₂e per kWh | +12.0% | ▲ 12 |
| 189 |  Iceland | 28 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 190 |  Albania | 25 g CO₂e per kWh | +8.7% | ▲ 15 |
| 191 |  Costa Rica | 25 g CO₂e per kWh | -73.1% | ▼ 4 |
| 192 |  Paraguay | 25 g CO₂e per kWh | +4.2% | ▲ 12 |
| 193 |  Bhutan | 24 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.0% | ▲ 8 |
| 194 |  Nepal | 24 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 195 |  Ethiopia | 23 g CO₂e per kWh | +0.0% | ▲ 11 |
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