Data for 2001

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2001

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2001
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2001 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.503; Paraguay is lowest, at 23.764. The middle country reads 559.315. Against 2000, 156 values changed (94 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2001

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.503

LowestParaguay

23.764

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

171countries
3measures per country
2001the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.503	100.000	10.61
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,085.113	90.909	47.96
3	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	949.513	98.066	143.72
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	910.438	100.000	2.97
5	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	907.849	90.110	6.37
6	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.720	100.000	14.62
7	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	903.101	100.000	2.58
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	853.982	100.000	1.13
9	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	845.718	94.404	52.54
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	807.349	99.954	43.95
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	800.000	100.000	0.18
12	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	796.261	100.000	32.36
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	762.877	79.862	1,480.80
14	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	751.886	76.664	74.22
15	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	708.007	100.000	16.11
16	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	701.627	69.635	32.57
=17	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	700.000	83.333	0.06
=17	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.000	100.000	0.01
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	679.610	99.468	5.64
20	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	669.231	93.846	5.85
=21	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	666.667	100.000	0.03
=21	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.667	100.000	0.03
=21	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	666.667	100.000	0.03
24	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	662.500	100.000	0.08
=25	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	660.000	100.000	0.10
=25	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	660.000	100.000	0.15
=25	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	660.000	100.000	0.20
=25	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	660.000	100.000	0.20
=25	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	660.000	100.000	0.05
=30	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	658.824	100.000	0.17
=30	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	658.824	100.000	0.17
32	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	658.621	100.000	0.29
33	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	658.333	100.000	0.12
34	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	658.252	100.000	1.03
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	658.247	100.000	1.94
36	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	658.223	99.469	7.54
37	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	658.192	100.000	1.77
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	658.028	100.000	3.55
39	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	658.025	100.000	0.81
40	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	657.967	100.000	3.64
41	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	657.949	100.000	1.95
42	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	657.895	100.000	0.19
43	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	657.692	100.000	0.26
44	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	657.447	100.000	0.47
45	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	657.143	100.000	0.14
46	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	656.651	98.078	32.25
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	656.627	100.000	0.83
48	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	656.522	100.000	0.23
=49	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	656.250	100.000	0.16
=49	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	656.250	100.000	0.16
51	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	655.939	99.417	22.31
52	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	653.907	100.000	34.30
53	Guyana`GUY`South America	653.261	98.913	0.92
=54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	650.000	100.000	0.06
=54	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	650.000	100.000	0.02
=54	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	650.000	100.000	0.02
=54	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	650.000	100.000	0.04
=54	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	650.000	100.000	0.02
=54	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	650.000	100.000	0.06
=54	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	650.000	100.000	0.04
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	648.734	93.196	18.96
62	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	647.181	94.361	17.38
63	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	643.017	96.648	1.79
64	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	641.521	95.771	24.59
65	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	641.401	96.178	1.57
66	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	641.384	96.613	6.79
67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	638.054	99.737	26.62
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	636.985	96.683	9.95
69	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	633.451	99.764	8.49
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	632.288	93.464	15.30
71	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	632.199	87.135	26.74
72	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	630.581	84.417	37.54
73	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	621.154	94.231	0.52
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	620.249	93.302	12.84
75	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	617.647	94.118	0.17
76	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	617.021	93.617	0.47
77	United States`USA`Northern America	609.887	71.861	3,727.57
78	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	607.692	92.308	0.13
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	605.358	80.088	122.24
80	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	603.719	100.000	9.95
81	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	598.488	97.913	33.06
82	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	585.501	99.385	11.38
83	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	581.109	100.000	9.74
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	573.438	71.354	1.92
85	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	569.444	86.111	0.36
86	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	559.315	61.456	4.67
87	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	547.674	78.488	1.72
88	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	544.557	62.532	7.90
89	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	541.046	92.088	92.14
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	540.486	80.162	2.47
91	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	530.000	80.000	0.10
92	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	524.556	61.961	53.55
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	516.633	99.880	25.07
94	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	507.143	76.190	0.42
95	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	507.099	65.827	46.06
96	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	506.249	62.721	47.05
97	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	500.935	73.832	1.07
98	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	498.683	80.011	271.90
99	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	484.392	51.197	43.44
100	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	483.705	70.989	72.11
101	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	448.881	65.672	2.68
102	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	445.833	66.667	0.24
103	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	439.209	60.489	36.42
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	426.597	56.315	6.73
105	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	425.000	62.500	0.08
106	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	422.487	51.512	233.07
107	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	415.385	61.538	0.13
108	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	411.959	61.732	15.47
109	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	366.091	36.948	14.48
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	363.320	63.525	4.88
111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	357.627	52.542	0.59
112	Bolivia`BOL`South America	346.970	45.455	3.96
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	346.680	50.781	5.12
114	Honduras`HND`Central America	346.292	50.384	3.91
115	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	344.030	49.254	2.68
116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	340.000	50.000	0.10
117	Chile`CHL`South America	336.319	45.959	42.32
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	320.732	46.098	4.10
119	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	306.510	43.686	12.75
120	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	306.429	37.143	1.40
121	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	296.429	42.857	0.28
122	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	294.792	42.708	0.96
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	291.115	48.606	5.74
124	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	286.207	80.460	0.87
125	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	284.876	40.484	74.45
126	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	282.328	40.541	4.81
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	280.000	40.000	0.15
128	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	270.455	38.636	0.88
129	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	263.415	37.805	1.64
130	Venezuela`VEN`South America	261.525	32.926	90.11
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	253.643	36.248	10.98
132	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	252.893	39.680	78.63
133	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	250.660	30.295	31.82
134	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	230.117	36.354	39.28
135	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	229.206	30.731	60.98
136	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	216.456	25.316	0.79
137	Belize`BLZ`Central America	215.385	30.769	0.13
138	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	213.043	27.536	0.69
139	Suriname`SUR`South America	212.500	29.808	1.04
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	200.000	27.273	0.11
141	Colombia`COL`South America	197.705	25.846	43.14
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	174.286	1.429	0.70
143	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	148.478	33.724	4.27
144	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	145.640	20.203	6.88
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	126.376	16.133	7.81
146	Peru`PER`South America	117.910	14.444	20.77
147	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	111.411	16.880	14.81
148	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	91.803	9.016	1.22
149	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	90.111	18.593	14.36
150	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	87.738	10.082	3.67
151	France`FRA`Western Europe	68.616	8.373	542.60
152	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	68.198	5.300	2.83
153	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.846	4.607	3.69
154	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	46.677	3.818	161.60
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	36.467	1.994	3.51
156	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	35.072	1.449	6.90
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.447	0.629	1.59
158	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	30.811	1.081	1.85
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	30.716	1.251	14.39
160	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.960	0.630	7.94
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	27.273	0.000	0.11
162	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.855	0.478	121.32
163	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	26.256	0.000	7.96
164	Uruguay`URY`South America	25.946	0.216	9.25
165	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25.935	0.340	11.76
166	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	25.000	0.000	0.28
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.831	0.169	5.92
168	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	24.242	0.000	0.33
169	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.967	0.000	1.21
170	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.958	0.000	1.92
171	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.764	0.000	45.32

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.503
2Uzbekistan1,085.113
3Poland949.513
4Mongolia910.438
5North Macedonia907.849

Lowest

171Paraguay23.764
170Bhutan23.958
169Namibia23.967
168Republic of the Congo24.242
167DR Congo24.831

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 559.315. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest47 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 80.000
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,727.57
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.67

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
156values changed, of 171 in both
94 · 62rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe433.333 → 650.000+216.667
Panama212.679 → 346.680+134.001
Togo305.556 → 415.385+109.829
North Macedonia822.614 → 907.849+85.235
Honduras266.484 → 346.292+79.808

Fell most

Kenya403.248 → 282.328−120.920
Singapore657.247 → 598.488−58.759
Chile387.743 → 336.319−51.424
Tanzania119.600 → 68.198−51.402
Kiribati700.000 → 650.000−50.000

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

156 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 7 countries share 650.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
Ember publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Ember (2001). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2001

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