Rwanda vs Saint Helena: Carbon intensity of energy

Rwanda

258.62 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Saint Helena

257.21 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Rwanda rank

39th

Saint Helena rank

41st

Carbon intensity of energy over time

Rwanda
Saint Helena

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 258.62 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 257.21 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Saint Helena, a difference of 1.41 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Saint Helena ahead.

Rwanda ranks 39th and Saint Helena ranks 41st 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.