Production consumption carbon intensity energy by country
Countries reporting
43
Highest
0.2986
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.0859
Greece
Median
0.1784
Years covered
25
1995β2019
Data points
1,063
What the numbers show
Production consumption carbon intensity energy is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 0.2986 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.0859 in Greece.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1784, and the mean is 0.1829.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 30.4%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 52.0%).
Production consumption carbon intensity energy: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 0.2986 | 2019 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 2 | South Africa | 0.2637 | 2019 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 3 | Turkey | 0.2612 | 2019 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 4 | China | 0.2583 | 2019 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 5 | Australia | 0.253 | 2017 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 6 | Switzerland | 0.2491 | 2019 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 7 | South Korea | 0.2296 | 2019 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 8 | Indonesia | 0.2293 | 2019 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 0.229 | 2019 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 10 | Belgium | 0.2234 | 2019 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 11 | Russia | 0.2198 | 2019 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 12 | Estonia | 0.2056 | 2019 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 13 | Italy | 0.1924 | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 14 | Japan | 0.1912 | 2019 | down 17.5% | flat |
| 15 | Czechia | 0.1906 | 2019 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 16 | Austria | 0.1861 | 2019 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 17 | Canada | 0.1846 | 2019 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 18 | Bulgaria | 0.1841 | 2019 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 19 | Slovakia | 0.1804 | 2019 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 20 | India | 0.1799 | 2019 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 21 | Portugal | 0.1788 | 2019 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 22 | United States | 0.1784 | 2019 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 23 | Spain | 0.1757 | 2019 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 0.1751 | 2019 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 25 | Slovenia | 0.1741 | 2019 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 26 | Germany | 0.1739 | 2019 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 27 | United Kingdom | 0.1707 | 2019 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 28 | Croatia | 0.1699 | 2019 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 29 | Lithuania | 0.1692 | 2019 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 30 | Malta | 0.1642 | 2019 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 31 | Mexico | 0.1641 | 2019 | down 30.9% | flat |
| 32 | Latvia | 0.1626 | 2019 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 33 | Romania | 0.1598 | 2019 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 34 | Hungary | 0.1534 | 2019 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 35 | Finland | 0.1462 | 2019 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 36 | Cyprus | 0.146 | 2019 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 37 | Denmark | 0.1383 | 2019 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 38 | France | 0.1232 | 2019 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 39 | Netherlands | 0.1214 | 2019 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 40 | Sweden | 0.1187 | 2019 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 41 | Norway | 0.1186 | 2019 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 42 | Ireland | 0.0882 | 2019 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 43 | Greece | 0.0859 | 2019 | down 45.6% | falling |