Chile vs Guatemala: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Chile

289.49 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour

in 2025

Guatemala

301.46 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Chile rank

144th

Guatemala rank

142nd

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

Chile
Guatemala

How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 301.46 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 289.49 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Chile, a difference of 11.97 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 144th and Guatemala ranks 142nd 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.