Data for 2000

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2000

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2000
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2000 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.599; Burundi is lowest, at 20.000. The middle country reads 540.336.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2000

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.599

LowestBurundi

20.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

171countries
3measures per country
2000the year it describes
154distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2000, as published. Ember ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2000: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.599	100.000	9.85
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,103.692	92.467	46.86
3	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	954.589	98.373	143.18
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	911.034	100.000	2.90
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.762	100.000	13.86
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	903.150	100.000	2.54
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	852.632	100.000	1.14
8	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	822.743	92.180	52.94
9	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	822.614	82.819	6.81
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	794.351	99.930	42.66
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	792.354	100.000	31.26
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	790.476	100.000	0.21
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	783.511	82.126	1,355.60
14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	767.051	78.230	72.90
15	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	707.742	100.000	15.50
=16	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	700.000	100.000	0.01
=16	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.000	100.000	0.01
18	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	699.875	69.264	31.95
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	680.403	99.634	5.46
=20	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	666.667	100.000	0.03
=20	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.667	100.000	0.03
=20	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	666.667	100.000	0.03
=20	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	666.667	100.000	0.03
=20	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	666.667	100.000	0.03
=25	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	662.500	100.000	0.08
=25	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	662.500	100.000	0.08
27	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	662.202	92.844	5.45
=28	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	661.538	100.000	0.13
=28	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	661.538	100.000	0.13
=30	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	660.000	100.000	0.15
=30	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	660.000	80.000	0.05
=30	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	660.000	100.000	0.20
=30	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	660.000	100.000	0.15
=30	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	660.000	100.000	0.15
=30	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	660.000	100.000	0.20
=30	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	660.000	100.000	0.05
37	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	659.091	100.000	0.44
38	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	658.824	100.000	0.17
39	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	658.401	98.088	31.90
40	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	658.252	100.000	1.03
41	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	658.247	100.000	1.94
42	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	658.235	100.000	1.70
43	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	658.073	99.457	7.37
44	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	658.065	100.000	3.41
45	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	657.962	100.000	1.57
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	657.864	100.000	3.37
47	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	657.812	100.000	1.92
48	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	657.692	100.000	0.78
49	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	657.247	98.453	31.67
50	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	657.162	99.314	21.85
=51	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	657.143	100.000	0.21
=51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	657.143	100.000	0.28
53	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	656.000	100.000	0.25
54	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	655.696	100.000	0.79
=55	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	655.556	100.000	0.09
=55	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	655.556	100.000	0.18
57	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	654.545	100.000	0.11
58	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	653.603	100.000	32.33
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	653.333	98.889	0.90
=60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	650.000	100.000	0.06
=60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	650.000	100.000	0.04
62	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	645.546	94.103	15.94
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	642.953	96.644	1.49
64	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	638.465	99.803	25.40
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	634.712	95.421	6.77
66	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	634.313	99.882	8.51
67	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	632.713	94.964	23.63
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	630.872	93.147	15.03
69	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	629.950	95.578	9.95
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	627.950	84.463	35.85
71	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	626.218	87.089	25.25
72	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	618.750	93.750	0.48
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	617.719	91.863	18.68
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	615.988	93.005	13.01
75	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	613.333	93.333	0.15
76	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	611.905	92.857	0.42
77	United States`USA`Northern America	607.516	70.942	3,802.10
78	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	603.724	100.000	9.13
79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	588.889	88.889	0.09
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	586.119	99.245	10.59
81	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	580.571	100.000	9.11
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	574.192	74.948	124.38
83	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	570.196	63.333	5.10
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	559.322	70.621	1.77
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	546.309	70.215	43.21
86	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	540.336	92.164	88.06
87	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	535.088	78.509	2.28
88	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	517.739	99.885	26.10
89	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	513.673	60.745	51.56
90	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	505.488	72.561	1.64
91	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	501.619	81.155	269.94
92	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	500.000	73.585	1.06
93	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	499.985	73.575	66.49
94	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	494.872	74.359	0.39
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	475.107	54.363	6.99
96	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	473.171	70.732	0.41
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	470.872	56.228	220.92
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	470.000	70.000	0.10
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	468.035	57.108	45.30
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	458.192	48.731	40.59
101	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	451.208	59.022	35.19
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	433.333	66.667	0.03
103	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	427.273	63.636	0.22
104	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	425.000	62.500	0.08
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	412.008	61.737	14.74
106	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	403.248	59.629	4.31
107	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	398.157	57.604	2.17
108	Chile`CHL`South America	387.743	50.170	41.12
109	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	374.303	49.845	6.46
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	368.557	48.454	3.88
111	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	363.542	63.542	4.80
112	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	362.234	36.370	13.61
113	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	348.425	50.000	2.54
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	337.500	50.000	0.08
115	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	337.037	49.383	0.81
116	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	329.630	48.148	0.54
117	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	308.219	44.110	3.65
118	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	305.556	44.444	0.18
119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	303.817	38.168	1.31
120	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	302.498	42.462	11.21
121	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	286.207	41.379	0.29
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	280.104	46.540	5.78
123	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	269.706	40.560	82.79
124	Honduras`HND`Central America	266.484	38.187	3.64
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	262.500	37.500	0.16
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	256.944	36.806	1.44
127	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	254.651	36.047	0.86
128	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	251.072	31.449	30.78
129	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	247.917	35.417	0.48
130	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	246.663	34.458	69.97
131	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	240.000	60.000	0.40
132	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	234.667	28.000	0.75
133	Belize`BLZ`Central America	215.385	30.769	0.13
134	Venezuela`VEN`South America	212.713	26.246	85.27
135	Panama`PAN`Central America	212.679	29.652	4.89
136	Ecuador`ECU`South America	204.463	28.490	10.53
137	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	203.454	27.163	59.64
138	Colombia`COL`South America	189.559	24.644	42.81
139	Suriname`SUR`South America	188.542	26.042	0.96
140	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	184.528	28.245	38.91
141	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	171.212	1.515	0.66
142	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	152.174	21.196	7.36
143	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	150.000	20.000	0.10
144	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	146.135	31.884	4.14
145	Peru`PER`South America	141.315	18.022	19.92
146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	119.600	13.600	2.50
147	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	103.774	21.294	11.13
148	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	102.019	14.511	15.85
149	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	97.521	9.917	1.21
150	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	87.945	10.137	3.65
151	France`FRA`Western Europe	79.760	9.308	532.56
152	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	78.940	8.647	7.17
153	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.535	6.588	7.59
154	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	47.992	3.805	4.73
155	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44.805	3.284	145.23
156	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	43.056	2.778	1.44
157	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.152	1.818	1.65
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	32.374	1.545	14.24
159	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.487	0.875	6.86
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.447	0.629	1.59
161	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	31.014	1.159	3.45
162	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.367	0.519	7.71
163	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	26.150	0.000	7.61
164	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	25.695	0.288	142.52
165	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	24.451	0.104	9.57
=166	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.138	0.000	0.29
=166	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24.138	0.000	0.29
168	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	24.022	0.000	1.79
169	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.761	0.000	53.49
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	23.737	0.000	5.94
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	20.000	0.000	0.10

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.599
2Uzbekistan1,103.692
3Poland954.589
4Mongolia911.034
5Bahrain904.762

Lowest

171Burundi20.000
170DR Congo23.737
169Paraguay23.761
168Bhutan24.022
166Lesothoshared24.138

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 540.336. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest47 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 73.585
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,802.10
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.64

03Caveats

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154 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 7 countries share 660.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2000). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2000

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