Cameroon vs Laos: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Cameroon

225.9 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Laos

232.08 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Cameroon rank

157th

Laos rank

156th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

Cameroon
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 232.08 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 225.9 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Cameroon, a difference of 6.18 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Laos ahead.

Cameroon ranks 157th and Laos ranks 156th 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: 07 August 2026

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