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Austria vs Denmark: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Austria
116.91 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Denmark
114.41 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Austria rank
186th
Denmark rank
187th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Austria
  • Denmark
200400600800199020072025

How they compare

Austria currently reports 116.91 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 114.41 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Denmark, a difference of 2.5 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Denmark ahead.

Austria ranks 186th and Denmark ranks 187th 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
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Greenhouse gases emitted per unit of generated electricity, measured in grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.