Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity by country

Greenhouse gases emitted per unit of generated electricity, measured in grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

Countries reporting
208
Highest
1,306 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
Turkmenistan
Lowest
0 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
Central African Republic
Median
471.45 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
5,691

What the numbers show

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 1,306 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Turkmenistan; the lowest is 0 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 471.45 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour, and the mean is 426.39 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.

Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 158 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 874.7%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 74.9%).

Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Turkmenistan 1,306 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.0% flat
2 Uzbekistan 1,000 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 10.0% flat
2 Montserrat 1,000 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 unchanged flat
2 Falkland Islands 1,000 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 up 100.0% flat
2 Saint Helena 1,000 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 unchanged flat
6 Bahrain 902.24 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.2% flat
7 Brunei 892.09 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 1.4% flat
8 Botswana 851.31 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.2% flat
9 Libya 826.83 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 6.0% rising
10 Mongolia 816.31 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 5.9% falling
11 Kazakhstan 805.32 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 3.7% flat
12 Congo 716.12 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 68.0% volatile
13 Syria 706.19 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 4.4% rising
14 South Africa 699.29 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 11.6% falling
15 Bangladesh 696.13 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 up 3.0% rising
16 Serbia 695.8 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 6.5% flat
17 Saudi Arabia 691.95 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.1% flat
18 Iraq 683.1 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 5.9% rising
19 Trinidad and Tobago 681.68 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 0.1% flat
20 Indonesia 680.25 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 1.6% rising
21 Hong Kong 675.48 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 21.5% falling
22 Niger 673.68 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 10.8% falling
23 India 670.13 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 10.7% falling
24 Gambia 666.67 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 4.2% flat
24 Grenada 666.67 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 2.6% flat
24 East Timor 666.67 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 1.5% flat
24 Western Sahara 666.67 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2009 up 6.7% rising
28 Iran 659.53 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 up 1.3% flat
29 Puerto Rico 654.66 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 3.8% flat
30 Bahamas 653.33 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.4% flat
31 Saint Lucia 650 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 1.2% flat
32 British Virgin Islands 647.06 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 down 0.5% flat
33 Guyana 644.93 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 0.8% flat
34 Equatorial Guinea 644.3 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 11.5% falling
35 Comoros 642.86 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 down 3.6% flat
35 South Sudan 642.86 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 3.6% flat
37 Cuba 642.82 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.1% flat
38 Mauritius 642.23 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.1% rising
39 Bermuda 639.34 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 1.9% flat
40 Solomon Islands 636.36 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 4.5% flat
41 Kuwait 635.31 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 2.3% flat
42 Cayman Islands 633.8 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 4.2% flat
43 Taiwan 633.21 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 2.6% flat
44 Moldova 633.12 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 7.2% flat
45 Algeria 632.94 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.6% flat
46 United States Virgin Islands 632.35 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 down 4.0% flat
47 Azerbaijan 631.9 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 4.8% rising
48 Turks and Caicos Islands 629.63 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 3.5% flat
49 Guinea-Bissau 625 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 6.3% rising
50 Chad 621.62 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 1.8% falling
51 Maldives 611.77 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 5.6% falling
52 American Samoa 611.11 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 8.3% flat
53 Saint Kitts and Nevis 608.7 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 4.3% falling
54 Guam 607.53 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 7.8% falling
55 Malaysia 601.97 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 10.0% flat
56 Dominica 600 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 up 28.6% rising
56 Nauru 600 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 10.0% rising
56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 600 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 6.7% rising
56 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 600 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 unchanged falling
60 Morocco 596.4 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 6.8% falling
61 Antigua and Barbuda 594.6 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 8.1% falling
61 Barbados 594.6 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 8.6% falling
63 Yemen 592.38 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 18.1% falling
64 Gibraltar 590.91 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 9.1% falling
65 Poland 588.6 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 28.8% falling
66 Philippines 588.29 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 up 8.0% rising
67 Benin 584.16 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 9.7% falling
68 Qatar 581.52 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 3.5% flat
69 Eritrea 577.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 13.3% falling
70 Tonga 571.43 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 4.8% falling
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 570.64 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 14.1% rising
72 Egypt 563.23 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 4.9% rising
73 Jamaica 563.01 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 6.3% falling
74 Burkina Faso 562.13 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 3.0% rising
75 New Caledonia 560.9 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 11.6% rising
76 Tunisia 560.29 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 1.3% flat
77 Sao Tome and Principe 555.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 down 2.8% rising
77 Seychelles 555.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 13.8% falling
79 Aruba 550 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 1.4% falling
80 Thailand 545.74 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 8.6% falling
81 Oman 544.47 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 4.0% falling
82 Senegal 539.97 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 12.5% falling
83 Mali 538.59 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 85.2% falling
84 Dominican Republic 537.48 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 11.3% falling
85 Haiti 534.88 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 11.1% rising
87 Jordan 529.79 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 19.5% falling
88 China 525.34 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 21.3% falling
89 Australia 525.18 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 28.0% falling
90 Gabon 523.08 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 5.1% rising
91 Papua New Guinea 513.74 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 13.3% rising
92 Mauritania 512.08 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.5% falling
93 Somalia 511.63 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 22.1% falling
94 Myanmar 502.99 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 37.3% falling
95 Kiribati 500 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 25.0% falling
95 Vanuatu 500 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 down 12.5% falling
97 Cambodia 498.87 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 up 11.4% falling
98 Singapore 497.09 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 1.9% falling
100 Israel 492.69 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 28.9% falling
101 Cyprus 489 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 19.0% falling
103 Bolivia 481.29 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 8.6% rising
104 Japan 477.26 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 17.4% rising
105 Turkey 474.74 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 5.9% falling
106 Macao 474.36 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 1.2% falling
107 Mexico 474.02 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 11.2% falling
108 Ghana 468.89 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 74.2% rising
109 United Arab Emirates 467.51 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 30.7% falling
110 Cape Verde 461.54 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 9.8% falling
111 Vietnam 460.73 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 4.8% rising
112 Nigeria 455.71 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 14.0% rising
113 Djibouti 450 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 35.7% falling
114 Russia 449.73 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 up 1.2% falling
115 North Macedonia 441.35 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 30.2% falling
116 Madagascar 432.1 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 30.4% rising
117 French Polynesia 430.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 8.5% flat
118 Togo 422.54 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 1.4% rising
119 South Korea 417.06 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 14.5% flat
120 Palestine 414.14 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 36.0% falling
121 Cote d'Ivoire 405.01 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 8.0% rising
122 Czechia 401.46 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 27.4% falling
123 Reunion 394.14 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 down 28.8% flat
124 Lebanon 389.51 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 40.1% falling
125 United States 384.4 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 23.9% falling
126 Zimbabwe 384.02 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 3.2% falling
127 Samoa 375 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 30.4% rising
128 Rwanda 353.98 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 3.7% rising
129 Faroe Islands 346.94 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 down 16.2% falling
130 Pakistan 346.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 19.7% falling
131 Argentina 346 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 18.9% rising
132 Tanzania 345.02 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 9.1% rising
133 North Korea 340.59 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 8.2% falling
134 Germany 329.65 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 34.5% falling
135 Sri Lanka 329.28 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 21.2% rising
136 Honduras 322.12 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 21.6% falling
137 Suriname 321.84 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 31.1% rising
138 Estonia 319.15 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 44.3% falling
139 Liberia 315.79 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 52.6% falling
140 Greece 315.09 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 47.8% falling
141 Belarus 309.25 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 39.0% falling
142 Guatemala 301.46 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 0.2% falling
143 Nicaragua 300.89 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 11.1% falling
144 Chile 289.49 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 41.1% flat
145 Italy 284.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 28.6% falling
146 Fiji 278.26 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 23.3% rising
147 Bulgaria 275.55 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 44.3% falling
148 Montenegro 264.23 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 49.5% flat
150 Netherlands 253.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 54.0% falling
151 Romania 250.75 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 32.0% falling
152 Ukraine 250.47 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2022 down 43.3% falling
153 Cook Islands 250 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 62.5% falling
154 French Guiana 244.9 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 down 9.2% rising
155 Peru 238.25 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 22.1% rising
156 Laos 232.08 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 874.7% volatile
157 Cameroon 225.9 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 19.8% volatile
158 Panama 221.15 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 31.0% falling
159 United Kingdom 217.41 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 45.3% falling
160 Armenia 211.93 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 5.9% rising
161 Canada 190.72 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 up 3.4% falling
162 Colombia 186.81 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 32.2% rising
163 Angola 185.38 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 42.8% falling
164 Burundi 183.67 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 65.3% volatile
165 Slovenia 183.29 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 42.2% falling
166 Guinea 181.14 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 35.7% falling
167 Belize 170.21 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 22.6% volatile
168 Hungary 163.02 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 45.5% falling
169 Ecuador 159.02 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 54.0% falling
170 Croatia 158.5 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 42.3% falling
171 Sudan 153.69 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 5.7% falling
172 Spain 153.6 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 53.2% falling
173 Kyrgyzstan 152.73 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 1.3% rising
174 Greenland 150 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 2.9% falling
175 Belgium 149.82 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 30.5% falling
176 Georgia 145.93 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 7.2% rising
177 El Salvador 139.32 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 54.8% falling
178 Latvia 138.76 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 37.0% flat
179 Lithuania 138.36 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 53.2% volatile
180 Afghanistan 131.31 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 1.5% falling
181 Eswatini 131.15 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 21.3% falling
182 Mozambique 129.36 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 300.2% volatile
183 Portugal 127.91 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 69.1% falling
185 Zambia 119.68 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 180.3% volatile
186 Austria 116.91 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 32.1% falling
187 Denmark 114.41 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 63.5% falling
188 Brazil 109.95 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 41.7% rising
189 Kenya 95.44 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 8.2% falling
190 Slovakia 94.85 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 46.5% falling
191 New Zealand 92.76 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 35.0% falling
192 Venezuela 85.86 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 74.9% falling
193 Uruguay 80.4 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 18.8% volatile
194 Tajikistan 72.56 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 up 126.4% volatile
195 Uganda 58.52 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 5.0% volatile
196 Finland 57.47 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 68.4% falling
197 Malawi 54.65 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 15.3% falling
198 Namibia 48.78 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 49.3% rising
199 Sierra Leone 47.62 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 64.3% volatile
200 France 41.44 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 30.0% falling
201 Switzerland 39.22 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 up 10.3% rising
202 Sweden 35.26 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 13.7% falling
203 Norway 28.11 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 16.4% rising
204 Iceland 27.82 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 1.0% rising
205 Democratic Republic of Congo 27.64 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 9.8% flat
206 Albania 25.18 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 8.0% falling
207 Paraguay 24.7 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 up 2.2% flat
208 Nepal 24.26 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 up 2.4% falling
209 Costa Rica 24.2 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 27.6% volatile
210 Bhutan 23.64 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 0.6% flat
211 Ethiopia 23.08 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2025 down 4.1% falling
212 Lesotho 20.83 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2022 up 2.1% falling
213 Central African Republic 0 grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour 2023 volatile

About this data

Indicator
Lifecycle carbon intensity of electricity
Unit
grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour
Source
Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
213 places, 5,691 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gases emitted per unit of generated electricity, measured in grams of CO₂ equivalents per kilowatt-hour.