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Gabon vs Iraq: Carbon intensity of energy

Gabon
314.4 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Iraq
347.57 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Gabon rank
13th
Iraq rank
10th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Gabon
  • Iraq
2004006008001.0k196519942024

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 347.57 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 314.4 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Gabon, a difference of 33.18 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

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

Gabon ranks 13th and Iraq ranks 10th 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

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