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Namibia vs Switzerland: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Namibia
48.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Switzerland
39.22 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2025
Namibia rank
198th
Switzerland rank
201st

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Namibia
  • Switzerland
20406080100120200020122025

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 48.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 39.22 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Switzerland, a difference of 9.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Switzerland's.

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

Namibia ranks 198th and Switzerland ranks 201st 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.