Cape Verde vs Chile: Carbon intensity of energy

Cape Verde

190.72 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Chile

188.47 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Cape Verde rank

136th

Chile rank

138th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

Cape Verde
Chile

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 190.72 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 188.47 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Chile, a difference of 2.25 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Chile ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 136th and Chile ranks 138th 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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.