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Belgium vs Spain: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Belgium
149.82 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Spain
153.6 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Belgium rank
175th
Spain rank
172nd

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Belgium
  • Spain
100200300400500199020072025

How they compare

Spain currently reports 153.6 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 149.82 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Belgium, a difference of 3.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 175th and Spain ranks 172nd 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.