Guinea-Bissau vs Maldives: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Guinea-Bissau
625 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Maldives
611.77 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
49th
Maldives rank
51st

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Maldives
0200400600200020122024

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 625 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 611.77 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Maldives, a difference of 13.23 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Maldives ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 49th and Maldives ranks 51st of 213 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Maldives Difference Ahead
2000s 616.67 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 663.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 46.89 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour Maldives
2010s 633.33 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 647.32 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 13.98 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour Maldives
2020s 625 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 615.26 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 9.74 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity, Guinea-Bissau or Maldives?
Guinea-Bissau, at 625 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 611.77 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Maldives as of 2024.
What is the difference in lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity between Guinea-Bissau and Maldives?
13.23 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Maldives?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Maldives rank globally for lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 49th and Maldives ranks 51st 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.