Algeria vs Poland: Carbon intensity of energy

Algeria
253.63 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Poland
257.67 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Algeria rank
43rd
Poland rank
40th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Algeria
  • Poland
200400600800196519942024

How they compare

Poland currently reports 257.67 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 253.63 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Algeria, a difference of 4.03 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Poland ahead.

Algeria ranks 43rd and Poland ranks 40th of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity of energy
Unit
grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
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Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.