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Namibia vs Uganda: Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity

Namibia
48.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Uganda
58.52 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Namibia rank
198th
Uganda rank
195th

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity over time

  • Namibia
  • Uganda
0100200300200020122024

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 58.52 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour against 48.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Namibia, a difference of 9.74 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

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

The two have swapped places 9 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 198th and Uganda ranks 195th 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.