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Burundi vs Canada: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Burundi
183.67 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Canada
190.72 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Burundi rank
164th
Canada rank
161st

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Burundi
  • Canada
0100200300200020122025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 190.72 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 183.67 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Burundi, a difference of 7.05 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Canada ahead.

Burundi ranks 164th and Canada ranks 161st 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.