El Salvador vs Georgia: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

El Salvador
139.32 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Georgia
145.93 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
El Salvador rank
177th
Georgia rank
176th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • El Salvador
  • Georgia
100200300200020122025

How they compare

Georgia currently reports 145.93 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 139.32 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in El Salvador, a difference of 6.61 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 177th and Georgia ranks 176th of 213 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Georgia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Georgia Difference Ahead
2000s 309.47 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 121.43 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 188.04 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour El Salvador
2010s 265.64 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 141.31 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 124.33 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour El Salvador
2020s 132.91 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 156.36 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 23.45 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour Georgia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity, El Salvador or Georgia?
Georgia, at 145.93 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 139.32 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in El Salvador as of 2025.
What is the difference in lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity between El Salvador and Georgia?
6.61 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour, with Georgia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Georgia?
26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Georgia rank globally for lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity?
El Salvador ranks 177th and Georgia ranks 176th of 213 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.