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China vs Laos: Carbon intensity of energy

China
278.62 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Laos
288.44 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
China rank
23rd
Laos rank
21st

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • China
  • Laos
100200300400196519942024

How they compare

Laos currently reports 288.44 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 278.62 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in China, a difference of 9.82 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

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

China ranks 23rd and Laos ranks 21st 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.