Iraq vs Nepal: Carbon intensity of energy

Iraq

347.57 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Nepal

356.51 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Iraq rank

10th

Nepal rank

7th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

Iraq
Nepal

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 356.51 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 347.57 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Iraq, a difference of 8.94 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 10th and Nepal ranks 7th 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.