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Botswana vs Suriname: Carbon intensity of energy

Botswana
301.67 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Suriname
303.34 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Botswana rank
16th
Suriname rank
15th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Botswana
  • Suriname
0100200300400198020022024

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 303.34 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 301.67 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Botswana, a difference of 1.67 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Botswana ahead.

Botswana ranks 16th and Suriname ranks 15th 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.