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Australia vs China: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Australia
525.18 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
China
525.34 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Australia rank
89th
China rank
88th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Australia
  • China
0200400600800200020122025

How they compare

China currently reports 525.34 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 525.18 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Australia, a difference of 0.16 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 89th and China ranks 88th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity
Unit
grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
Source
Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
213 places, 5,691 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gases emitted per unit of generated electricity, measured in grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.