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Malawi vs Namibia: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Malawi
54.65 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Namibia
48.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Malawi rank
197th
Namibia rank
198th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Malawi
  • Namibia
255075100125150200020122024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 54.65 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 48.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Namibia, a difference of 5.87 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

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

Malawi ranks 197th and Namibia ranks 198th 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.