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Portugal vs Samoa: Carbon intensity of energy

Portugal
165.7 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Samoa
168.83 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
in 2024
Portugal rank
162nd
Samoa rank
160th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

  • Portugal
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 168.83 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 165.7 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Portugal, a difference of 3.13 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

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

Portugal ranks 162nd and Samoa ranks 160th 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.