India vs Niger: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

India

670.13 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour

in 2025

Niger

673.68 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

India rank

23rd

Niger rank

22nd

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

India
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 673.68 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 670.13 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in India, a difference of 3.55 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Niger ahead.

India ranks 23rd and Niger ranks 22nd 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: 07 August 2026

Greenhouse gases emitted per unit of generated electricity, measured in grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.