Greenland vs Niger: Carbon intensity of energy

Greenland

229.22 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Niger

229.42 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Greenland rank

66th

Niger rank

65th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

Greenland
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 229.42 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 229.22 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Greenland, a difference of 0.203 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

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

Greenland ranks 66th and Niger ranks 65th 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.