Data for 2000

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2000

Figures for 2000, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2000 covers 201 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.599; Burundi is lowest, at 20.000. The middle country reads 535.088.

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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. A higher value is the worse result.

201countries
3measures per country
2000the year it describes
184distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 25, 2026read from the publisher
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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	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1,306.599	100.000	9.85
2	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	1,103.692	92.467	46.86
3	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	991.892	98.311	2.96
4	PolandPOLEastern Europe	954.589	98.373	143.18
5	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	911.034	100.000	2.90
6	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	904.762	100.000	13.86
7	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	903.150	100.000	2.54
8	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	852.632	100.000	1.14
9	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	822.743	92.180	52.94
10	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	822.614	82.819	6.81
11	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	806.046	91.911	216.83
12	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	799.411	93.074	210.66
13	IsraelISRWestern Asia	794.351	99.930	42.66
14	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	792.354	100.000	31.26
15	NigerNERWestern Africa	790.476	100.000	0.21
16	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	783.511	82.126	1,355.60
17	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	781.177	85.418	51.64
18	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	767.051	78.230	72.90
19	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	759.343	94.380	13.70
20	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	740.030	83.192	571.39
21	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	707.742	100.000	15.50
=22	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	700.000	100.000	0.01
=22	MontserratMSRCaribbean	700.000	100.000	0.01
24	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	699.875	69.264	31.95
25	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	692.350	100.000	138.69
26	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	680.403	99.634	5.46
27	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	676.740	100.000	39.94
28	IranIRNSouthern Asia	667.407	96.799	119.35
=29	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	666.667	100.000	0.03
=29	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	666.667	100.000	0.03
=29	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	666.667	100.000	0.03
=29	NauruNRUMicronesia	666.667	100.000	0.03
=29	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	666.667	100.000	0.03
=34	BeninBENWestern Africa	662.500	100.000	0.08
=34	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	662.500	100.000	0.08
36	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	662.202	92.844	5.45
=37	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	661.538	100.000	0.13
=37	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	661.538	100.000	0.13
39	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	660.242	80.983	144.55
=40	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	660.000	100.000	0.15
=40	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	660.000	80.000	0.05
=40	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	660.000	100.000	0.20
=40	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	660.000	100.000	0.15
=40	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	660.000	100.000	0.15
=40	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	660.000	100.000	0.20
=40	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	660.000	100.000	0.05
47	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	659.091	100.000	0.44
48	American SamoaASMPolynesia	658.824	100.000	0.17
49	IraqIRQWestern Asia	658.401	98.088	31.90
50	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	658.252	100.000	1.03
51	GuamGUMMicronesia	658.247	100.000	1.94
52	BahamasBHSCaribbean	658.235	100.000	1.70
53	JordanJORWestern Asia	658.073	99.457	7.37
54	YemenYEMWestern Asia	658.065	100.000	3.41
55	MacauMACEastern Asia	657.962	100.000	1.57
56	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	657.864	100.000	3.37
57	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	657.812	100.000	1.92
58	ArubaABWCaribbean	657.692	100.000	0.78
59	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	657.247	98.453	31.67
60	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	657.162	99.314	21.85
=61	EritreaERIEastern Africa	657.143	100.000	0.21
=61	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	657.143	100.000	0.28
63	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	656.000	100.000	0.25
64	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	655.696	100.000	0.79
=65	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	655.556	100.000	0.09
=65	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	655.556	100.000	0.18
67	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	654.545	100.000	0.11
68	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	653.603	100.000	32.33
69	GuyanaGUYSouth America	653.333	98.889	0.90
=70	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	650.000	100.000	0.06
=70	TongaTONPolynesia	650.000	100.000	0.04
72	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	645.546	94.103	15.94
73	SenegalSENWestern Africa	642.953	96.644	1.49
74	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	638.465	99.803	25.40
75	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	635.414	76.136	184.84
76	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	634.712	95.421	6.77
77	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	634.313	99.882	8.51
78	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	632.713	94.964	23.63
79	CubaCUBCaribbean	630.872	93.147	15.03
80	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	629.950	95.578	9.95
81	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	627.950	84.463	35.85
82	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	626.218	87.089	25.25
83	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	618.750	93.750	0.48
84	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	617.719	91.863	18.68
85	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	615.988	93.005	13.01
86	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	613.333	93.333	0.15
87	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	611.905	92.857	0.42
88	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	608.543	93.279	95.52
89	United StatesUSANorthern America	607.516	70.942	3,802.10
90	QatarQATWestern Asia	603.724	100.000	9.13
91	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	588.889	88.889	0.09
92	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	586.119	99.245	10.59
93	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	581.904	89.178	69.91
94	OmanOMNWestern Asia	580.571	100.000	9.11
95	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	574.192	74.948	124.38
96	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	573.152	63.965	568.95
97	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	570.196	63.333	5.10
98	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	559.322	70.621	1.77
99	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	546.309	70.215	43.21
100	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	540.336	92.164	88.06
101	NicaraguaNICCentral America	535.088	78.509	2.28
102	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	525.627	80.551	73.32
103	MexicoMEXCentral America	525.331	76.584	203.62
104	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	521.989	74.813	377.06
105	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	518.121	51.198	10.43
106	BelarusBLREastern Europe	517.739	99.885	26.10
107	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	513.673	60.745	51.56
108	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	505.488	72.561	1.64
109	ItalyITASouthern Europe	501.619	81.155	269.94
110	MaliMLIWestern Africa	500.000	73.585	1.06
111	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	499.985	73.575	66.49
112	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	494.872	74.359	0.39
113	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	475.107	54.363	6.99
114	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	473.171	70.732	0.41
115	SpainESPSouthern Europe	470.872	56.228	220.92
116	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	470.000	70.000	0.10
117	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	469.933	66.407	877.76
118	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	468.035	57.108	45.30
119	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	461.591	61.067	290.45
120	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	458.192	48.731	40.59
121	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	451.208	59.022	35.19
122	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	434.663	47.668	19.30
123	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	433.333	66.667	0.03
124	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	427.273	63.636	0.22
125	DominicaDMACaribbean	425.000	62.500	0.08
126	JapanJPNEastern Asia	424.431	61.793	1,099.67
127	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	412.008	61.737	14.74
128	KenyaKENEastern Africa	403.248	59.629	4.31
129	UkraineUKREastern Europe	402.497	48.429	171.84
130	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	398.157	57.604	2.17
131	ChileCHLSouth America	387.743	50.170	41.12
132	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	374.303	49.845	6.46
133	BoliviaBOLSouth America	368.557	48.454	3.88
134	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	363.542	63.542	4.80
135	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	362.234	36.370	13.61
136	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	357.670	52.655	6.78
137	ArgentinaARGSouth America	355.484	60.463	88.98
138	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	348.425	50.000	2.54
139	SamoaWSMPolynesia	337.500	50.000	0.08
140	GuineaGINWestern Africa	337.037	49.383	0.81
141	HaitiHTICaribbean	329.630	48.148	0.54
142	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	321.837	45.218	26.56
143	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	308.219	44.110	3.65
144	TogoTGOWestern Africa	305.556	44.444	0.18
145	GabonGABMiddle Africa	303.817	38.168	1.31
146	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	302.498	42.462	11.21
147	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	286.207	41.379	0.29
148	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	280.104	46.540	5.78
149	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	269.706	40.560	82.79
150	HondurasHNDCentral America	266.484	38.187	3.64
151	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	262.500	37.500	0.16
152	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	256.944	36.806	1.44
153	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	254.651	36.047	0.86
154	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	251.072	31.449	30.78
155	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	247.917	35.417	0.48
156	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	246.663	34.458	69.97
157	CanadaCANNorthern America	245.785	27.420	603.82
158	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	240.000	60.000	0.40
159	FijiFJIMelanesia	234.667	28.000	0.75
160	BelizeBLZCentral America	215.385	30.769	0.13
161	VenezuelaVENSouth America	212.713	26.246	85.27
162	PanamaPANCentral America	212.679	29.652	4.89
163	EcuadorECUSouth America	204.463	28.490	10.53
164	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	203.454	27.163	59.64
165	ColombiaCOLSouth America	189.559	24.644	42.81
166	SurinameSURSouth America	188.542	26.042	0.96
167	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	184.528	28.245	38.91
168	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	171.212	1.515	0.66
169	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	152.174	21.196	7.36
170	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	150.000	20.000	0.10
171	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	146.135	31.884	4.14
172	PeruPERSouth America	141.315	18.022	19.92
173	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	119.600	13.600	2.50
174	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	103.774	21.294	11.13
175	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	102.019	14.511	15.85
176	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	97.521	9.917	1.21
177	BrazilBRASouth America	89.433	8.775	348.93
178	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	87.945	10.137	3.65
179	FranceFRAWestern Europe	79.760	9.308	532.56
180	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	78.940	8.647	7.17
181	UruguayURYSouth America	66.535	6.588	7.59
182	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	47.992	3.805	4.73
183	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	44.805	3.284	145.23
184	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	43.056	2.778	1.44
185	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	36.095	1.183	1.69
186	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	35.152	1.818	1.65
187	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	33.621	3.010	66.12
188	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	32.374	1.545	14.24
189	Costa RicaCRICentral America	31.487	0.875	6.86
190	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	31.447	0.629	1.59
191	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	31.014	1.159	3.45
192	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	27.367	0.519	7.71
193	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	26.150	0.000	7.61
194	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	25.695	0.288	142.52
195	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	24.451	0.104	9.57
=196	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	24.138	0.000	0.29
=196	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	24.138	0.000	0.29
198	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	24.022	0.000	1.79
199	ParaguayPRYSouth America	23.761	0.000	53.49
200	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	23.737	0.000	5.94
201	BurundiBDIEastern 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
3Kosovo991.892
4Poland954.589
5Mongolia911.034

Lowest

201Burundi20.000
200DR Congo23.737
199Paraguay23.761
198Bhutan24.022
196Lesothoshared24.138

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 535.088. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest49 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 74.359
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,802.10
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 5.94

03Caveats

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184 distinct values among 201
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