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Namibia vs Sierra Leone: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Namibia
48.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Sierra Leone
47.62 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Namibia rank
198th
Sierra Leone rank
199th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Namibia
  • Sierra Leone
0200400600200020122024

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 48.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 47.62 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.16 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Namibia ranks 198th and Sierra Leone ranks 199th 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.