Data for 2002

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2002

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2002
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2002 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.542; Lesotho is lowest, at 22.581. The middle country reads 551.282. Against 2001, 153 values changed (72 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2002

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.542

LowestLesotho

22.581

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

171countries
3measures per country
2002the 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.542	100.00	10.70
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,049.474	87.81	49.40
3	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	945.673	98.06	142.49
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	909.709	100.00	3.09
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.718	100.00	15.26
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.214	100.00	2.71
7	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	879.475	87.52	6.09
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	852.174	100.00	1.15
9	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	827.567	93.29	53.36
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	811.604	99.93	45.50
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	807.333	100.00	34.23
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	805.263	100.00	0.19
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	773.301	80.86	1,654.00
14	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	714.286	85.71	0.07
15	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	707.521	70.13	33.24
16	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	705.876	100.00	17.53
17	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.000	100.00	0.01
18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	699.303	71.41	76.00
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	679.610	99.47	5.64
20	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	668.794	93.79	5.64
=21	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	666.667	100.00	0.03
=21	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.667	100.00	0.03
=21	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	666.667	100.00	0.03
24	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	663.860	99.53	23.16
25	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	663.377	91.17	28.07
=26	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	660.000	100.00	0.10
=26	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	660.000	100.00	0.20
=26	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	660.000	100.00	0.15
=26	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	660.000	100.00	0.15
=26	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	660.000	100.00	0.20
=26	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	660.000	100.00	0.15
=26	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	660.000	100.00	0.10
=26	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	660.000	100.00	0.05
34	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	659.259	100.00	0.27
35	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	658.621	100.00	0.29
36	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	658.537	100.00	0.82
37	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	658.333	100.00	0.48
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	658.201	100.00	1.89
39	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	658.140	100.00	1.72
40	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	658.090	100.00	3.77
41	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	658.049	100.00	2.05
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	658.047	100.00	3.79
=43	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	657.895	100.00	0.19
=43	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	657.895	100.00	0.19
=45	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	657.692	100.00	0.26
=45	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	657.692	100.00	1.04
47	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	657.143	100.00	0.14
48	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	657.088	98.46	33.86
49	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	657.020	99.38	8.12
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	656.977	100.00	0.86
51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	656.522	100.00	0.23
=52	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	655.556	100.00	0.18
=52	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	655.556	100.00	0.18
54	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	655.073	100.00	36.37
55	Guyana`GUY`South America	653.261	98.91	0.92
=56	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	650.000	100.00	0.06
=56	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	650.000	100.00	0.02
=56	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	650.000	100.00	0.02
=56	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	650.000	100.00	0.06
=56	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	650.000	100.00	0.04
61	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	647.863	94.46	18.95
62	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	645.977	97.85	6.96
63	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	640.000	95.88	1.70
64	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	638.192	99.78	27.65
65	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	635.756	99.65	8.53
66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	631.294	93.37	15.69
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	626.316	94.74	0.19
68	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	623.340	89.29	18.68
69	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	622.642	94.34	0.53
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	621.942	92.52	13.90
71	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	621.212	94.20	11.55
72	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	618.721	82.63	39.10
73	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	615.726	94.44	24.80
74	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	614.035	92.98	0.57
75	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	603.656	100.00	10.94
76	United States`USA`Northern America	600.660	70.96	3,844.23
77	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	592.667	78.64	45.55
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	586.538	87.50	2.08
79	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	586.238	97.78	34.66
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	584.966	99.24	11.84
81	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	581.413	100.00	10.33
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	581.250	87.50	0.16
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	579.592	72.45	1.96
84	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	571.429	81.14	1.75
85	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	552.778	83.33	0.36
86	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	551.282	58.38	5.07
87	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	538.683	91.66	94.64
88	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	536.447	73.56	128.46
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	530.000	80.00	0.10
90	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	523.053	82.59	277.53
91	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	515.646	99.89	26.46
92	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	515.050	60.38	54.42
93	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	509.804	74.90	2.55
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	500.901	73.87	1.11
95	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	500.000	75.00	0.04
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	487.179	55.59	8.58
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	481.943	59.91	239.91
98	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	478.261	71.74	0.46
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	467.210	64.36	48.46
100	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	465.725	68.13	75.77
101	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	462.718	67.94	2.87
102	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	454.505	60.36	6.66
103	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	444.487	46.91	42.08
104	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	432.282	60.78	36.15
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	412.111	61.76	21.55
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	403.855	59.28	4.15
107	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	391.667	58.33	0.24
108	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	385.753	38.77	14.60
109	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	385.714	57.14	0.07
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	385.444	67.68	5.29
111	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	371.667	53.67	3.00
112	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	369.740	53.90	12.69
113	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	358.182	52.73	0.55
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	353.365	46.39	4.16
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	341.818	49.32	4.40
116	Chile`CHL`South America	329.857	44.77	43.44
117	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	317.500	94.64	2.80
118	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	316.177	43.77	74.92
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	309.091	45.46	0.11
120	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	308.844	37.42	1.47
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	300.000	43.75	0.16
122	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	290.323	41.94	0.31
123	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	287.129	41.58	1.01
124	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	282.353	41.18	0.17
125	Suriname`SUR`South America	275.610	39.84	1.23
126	Venezuela`VEN`South America	274.295	35.19	91.85
127	Ecuador`ECU`South America	262.066	36.92	11.81
128	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	254.651	36.05	0.86
129	Belize`BLZ`Central America	250.000	35.71	0.14
130	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	249.741	40.08	80.94
131	Panama`PAN`Central America	248.771	35.35	5.29
132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	247.159	35.23	1.76
133	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	244.578	30.12	0.83
134	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	226.208	30.89	60.63
135	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	225.171	27.38	32.18
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	222.008	31.22	7.27
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	200.000	27.27	0.11
138	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	197.836	30.37	40.21
139	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	190.097	23.30	5.15
140	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	188.889	4.17	0.72
141	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	184.181	29.76	5.31
142	Colombia`COL`South America	183.359	23.66	44.71
143	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	171.831	21.13	0.71
144	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	165.743	37.53	3.97
145	Peru`PER`South America	138.881	17.10	21.99
146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	107.011	17.72	12.98
147	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	93.750	9.38	1.28
148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	87.675	10.08	3.57
149	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	76.865	16.19	17.29
150	France`FRA`Western Europe	75.216	9.40	551.24
151	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	65.090	6.82	7.19
152	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	64.014	4.50	2.89
153	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	63.073	6.20	3.71
154	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	56.162	5.07	146.70
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	47.095	3.67	3.27
156	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	36.792	1.62	7.42
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	31.977	0.58	1.72
158	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	29.371	0.70	1.43
159	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	28.922	0.74	8.16
160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.889	0.92	15.30
161	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	26.946	0.12	8.35
162	Uruguay`URY`South America	26.563	0.31	9.60
163	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.505	0.42	130.24
164	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	25.278	0.24	12.58
165	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.752	0.17	6.06
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.853	0.00	2.18
167	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.810	0.00	2.10
168	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.750	0.00	48.21
=169	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	23.077	0.00	0.13
=169	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	23.077	0.00	0.39
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.581	0.00	0.31

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.542
2Uzbekistan1,049.474
3Poland945.673
4Mongolia909.709
5Bahrain904.718

Lowest

171Lesotho22.581
169Republic of the Congoshared23.077
169Burundishared23.077
168Paraguay23.750
167Nepal23.810

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 551.282. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest46 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 78.64
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,844.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.77

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 171 in both
72 · 81rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Ghana126.376 → 222.008+95.632
Portugal507.099 → 592.667+85.568
Croatia306.510 → 369.740+63.230
Suriname212.500 → 275.610+63.110
Spain422.487 → 481.943+59.456

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe650.000 → 500.000−150.000
Togo415.385 → 300.000−115.385
Armenia291.115 → 184.181−106.934
Panama346.680 → 248.771−97.909
Kenya282.328 → 190.097−92.231

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

154 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 8 countries share 660.000. 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 (2002). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2002

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