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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Nepal: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Democratic Republic of Congo
27.64 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Nepal
24.26 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
205th
Nepal rank
208th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Nepal
010203040200020122024

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 27.64 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 24.26 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Nepal, a difference of 3.38 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 205th and Nepal ranks 208th 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.