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French Polynesia vs South Korea: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

French Polynesia
430.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
South Korea
417.06 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
French Polynesia rank
117th
South Korea rank
119th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • French Polynesia
  • South Korea
0200400600200020122025

How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 430.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 417.06 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in South Korea, a difference of 13.5 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

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

French Polynesia ranks 117th and South Korea ranks 119th 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.