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France vs Malawi: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

France
41.44 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Malawi
54.65 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
France rank
200th
Malawi rank
197th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • France
  • Malawi
255075100125150199020072025

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 54.65 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 41.44 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in France, a difference of 13.21 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.3 times France's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malawi ahead.

France ranks 200th and Malawi ranks 197th 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.