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Bhutan vs France: Carbon intensity of energy

Bhutan
93.14 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
France
105.64 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Bhutan rank
198th
France rank
196th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Bhutan
  • France
0200400600800196519942024

How they compare

France currently reports 105.64 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 93.14 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Bhutan, a difference of 12.5 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

That makes France's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 198th and France ranks 196th 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.