Data for 2003

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2003

Figures for 2003, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2003 covers 201 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.57; Burundi is lowest, at 20.00. The middle country reads 562.29. Against 2002, 182 values changed (95 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2003

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.57

LowestBurundi

20.00

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
2003the year it describes
186distinct values3 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1,306.57	100.000	10.80
2	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	997.50	83.238	48.74
3	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	994.49	98.623	3.63
4	PolandPOLEastern Europe	949.78	98.500	150.01
5	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	909.65	100.000	3.11
6	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	904.71	100.000	15.70
7	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	902.50	100.000	3.20
8	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	866.61	100.000	35.43
9	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	851.92	100.000	1.04
10	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	812.63	79.643	6.73
11	IsraelISRWestern Asia	810.65	99.915	47.04
12	NigerNERWestern Africa	810.00	100.000	0.20
13	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	807.62	94.053	234.24
14	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	793.91	86.502	63.86
15	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	792.13	91.742	225.95
16	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	790.92	82.695	1,910.57
17	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	790.45	89.717	57.28
18	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	757.98	85.462	638.13
19	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	750.20	74.489	34.26
20	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	735.74	89.963	16.34
21	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	714.29	85.714	0.07
22	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	704.22	100.000	18.95
23	MontserratMSRCaribbean	700.00	100.000	0.01
24	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	698.93	100.000	166.58
25	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	684.74	99.582	23.92
26	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	681.21	99.845	6.44
27	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	676.74	100.000	49.45
28	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	676.04	83.075	165.67
29	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	668.63	93.761	5.77
30	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	667.53	90.822	30.40
=31	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	666.67	100.000	0.03
=31	NauruNRUMicronesia	666.67	100.000	0.03
33	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	666.11	79.092	209.06
34	BeninBENWestern Africa	662.50	100.000	0.08
=35	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	660.00	100.000	0.20
=35	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	660.00	100.000	0.20
=35	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	660.00	100.000	0.05
38	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	659.09	100.000	0.22
=39	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	658.82	100.000	0.51
=39	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	658.82	100.000	0.17
=39	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	658.82	100.000	0.34
42	ArubaABWCaribbean	658.33	100.000	0.84
43	YemenYEMWestern Asia	658.05	100.000	4.10
44	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	658.04	100.000	2.24
45	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	658.03	100.000	4.05
46	BahamasBHSCaribbean	658.00	100.000	2.00
=47	American SamoaASMPolynesia	657.90	100.000	0.19
=47	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	657.90	100.000	0.19
49	GuamGUMMicronesia	657.87	100.000	1.78
50	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	657.69	100.000	1.04
51	JordanJORWestern Asia	657.53	99.377	8.03
52	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	657.47	100.000	0.87
=53	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	657.14	100.000	0.21
=53	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	657.14	100.000	0.14
=53	EritreaERIEastern Africa	657.14	100.000	0.28
=53	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	657.14	100.000	0.28
57	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	656.67	100.000	0.30
58	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	656.52	100.000	0.23
59	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	656.25	100.000	0.16
60	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	655.56	100.000	0.18
61	IraqIRQWestern Asia	655.35	98.482	28.33
62	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	654.70	100.000	39.80
=63	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	654.55	100.000	0.11
=63	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	654.55	100.000	0.11
65	GuyanaGUYSouth America	652.44	98.780	0.82
66	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	651.89	66.494	82.79
67	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	651.47	82.445	45.97
=68	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	650.00	100.000	0.04
=68	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	650.00	100.000	0.02
=68	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	650.00	100.000	0.02
=68	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	650.00	100.000	0.06
=68	TongaTONPolynesia	650.00	100.000	0.04
73	IranIRNSouthern Asia	648.96	93.656	151.65
74	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	647.58	94.420	20.07
75	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	643.73	97.493	7.18
76	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	639.27	99.508	10.16
77	CubaCUBCaribbean	637.70	94.624	15.81
78	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	634.16	99.121	29.57
79	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	631.26	93.390	83.30
80	MacauMACEastern Asia	621.11	91.667	1.80
81	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	618.75	93.750	0.64
82	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	615.29	88.523	21.26
83	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	611.57	90.409	14.18
84	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	608.00	92.000	0.50
85	United StatesUSANorthern America	606.34	71.235	3,868.94
86	QatarQATWestern Asia	603.66	100.000	12.01
87	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	601.51	60.071	11.27
88	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	595.61	95.369	24.83
89	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	591.80	89.559	12.93
90	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	591.40	92.720	115.94
91	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	582.29	61.624	5.42
92	OmanOMNWestern Asia	581.42	100.000	10.71
93	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	574.16	72.727	2.09
94	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	573.87	66.867	54.84
95	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	573.33	86.667	0.15
96	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	572.70	98.316	11.28
97	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	570.36	97.197	35.32
98	MexicoMEXCentral America	570.16	83.402	224.90
99	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	570.01	64.831	602.03
100	SenegalSENWestern Africa	565.67	83.691	2.33
101	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	562.29	81.714	1.75
102	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	556.07	85.649	92.19
103	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	545.46	81.818	0.11
104	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	540.76	91.641	95.47
105	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	536.77	75.043	398.21
106	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	524.87	74.516	139.54
107	ItalyITASouthern Europe	523.27	83.631	286.27
108	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	517.78	77.778	0.45
109	BelarusBLREastern Europe	514.08	99.887	26.63
110	MaliMLIWestern Africa	506.31	74.775	1.11
111	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	500.00	75.000	0.04
112	NicaraguaNICCentral America	498.52	72.593	2.70
113	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	493.19	52.058	42.28
114	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	485.34	61.845	46.39
115	JapanJPNEastern Asia	476.38	68.679	1,092.59
116	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	473.91	69.876	3.22
117	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	469.15	66.774	34.13
118	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	465.28	66.562	916.29
119	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	457.91	61.245	347.77
120	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	455.65	66.585	52.94
121	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	455.32	68.085	0.47
122	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	445.83	66.667	0.24
123	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	442.37	63.511	82.08
124	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	431.12	63.112	3.47
125	SpainESPSouthern Europe	429.20	54.283	257.30
126	DominicaDMACaribbean	425.00	62.500	0.08
127	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	420.35	63.069	20.20
128	BelizeBLZCentral America	418.75	62.500	0.16
129	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	413.83	58.511	13.16
130	UkraineUKREastern Europe	410.70	49.784	180.58
131	HondurasHNDCentral America	405.98	58.974	4.68
132	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	404.69	44.444	20.88
133	BoliviaBOLSouth America	402.31	53.349	4.33
134	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	394.36	40.058	13.83
135	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	393.63	51.230	6.91
136	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	382.05	56.488	7.63
137	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	375.84	53.604	40.93
138	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	371.37	50.415	84.28
139	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	367.91	64.370	5.08
140	GuineaGINWestern Africa	362.79	53.488	0.86
141	HaitiHTICaribbean	358.49	52.830	0.53
142	ChileCHLSouth America	355.27	50.075	46.63
143	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	350.85	39.249	8.79
144	FijiFJIMelanesia	343.68	45.977	0.87
145	SamoaWSMPolynesia	340.00	50.000	0.10
146	PanamaPANCentral America	335.37	49.013	5.57
147	GabonGABMiddle Africa	333.33	41.176	1.53
148	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	318.64	94.982	2.79
149	ArgentinaARGSouth America	316.40	54.024	92.07
150	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	307.07	43.683	4.67
151	SurinameSURSouth America	291.54	42.308	1.30
152	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	290.32	41.935	0.31
153	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	282.42	39.210	57.97
154	EcuadorECUSouth America	273.61	38.066	11.48
155	VenezuelaVENSouth America	263.77	34.171	91.95
156	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	262.81	37.688	1.99
157	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	257.42	30.794	30.98
158	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	257.29	36.458	0.96
159	CanadaCANNorthern America	251.70	28.495	588.27
160	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	249.09	41.869	83.57
161	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	245.06	30.769	0.91
162	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	242.01	34.354	5.88
=163	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	233.33	33.333	0.18
=163	TogoTGOWestern Africa	233.33	33.333	0.18
165	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	231.09	33.911	40.37
166	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	209.38	4.688	0.64
167	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	200.00	27.273	0.11
168	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	179.06	28.679	5.30
169	ColombiaCOLSouth America	172.08	21.385	46.20
170	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	172.04	41.058	3.97
171	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	157.50	15.000	0.40
172	KenyaKENEastern Africa	156.75	18.066	5.48
173	PeruPERSouth America	145.84	18.317	22.93
174	BrazilBRASouth America	90.70	9.169	364.39
175	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	89.64	13.342	15.44
176	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	88.25	10.159	3.15
177	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	82.44	7.634	1.31
178	FranceFRAWestern Europe	80.86	10.121	559.13
179	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	78.31	9.014	7.10
180	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	72.32	15.994	18.82
181	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	68.51	6.825	135.39
182	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	59.78	4.059	2.71
183	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	51.51	4.384	3.65
184	Costa RicaCRICentral America	40.00	2.192	7.30
185	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	37.09	2.103	5.23
186	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	34.62	3.260	65.34
187	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	33.48	0.858	2.33
188	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	31.67	0.556	1.80
189	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	29.50	1.030	16.51
190	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	29.37	0.699	1.43
191	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	28.85	0.721	8.32
192	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	27.64	0.600	106.67
193	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	26.78	0.118	8.44
194	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	25.49	0.278	10.79
195	UruguayURYSouth America	25.41	0.117	8.58
196	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	25.00	0.000	0.32
197	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	24.88	0.164	6.11
198	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	23.89	0.000	2.26
199	ParaguayPRYSouth America	23.76	0.000	51.77
200	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	23.60	0.000	2.50
201	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	20.00	0.000	0.10

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.57
2Uzbekistan997.50
3Kosovo994.49
4Poland949.78
5Mongolia909.65

Lowest

201Burundi20.00
200Bhutan23.60
199Paraguay23.76
198Nepal23.89
197DR Congo24.88

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 562.29. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest49 share it
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 75.043
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,868.94
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.11

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 201 in both
95 · 87rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Belize250.00 → 418.75+168.75
Republic of the Congo23.08 → 157.50+134.42
Fiji244.58 → 343.68+99.10
Panama248.77 → 335.37+86.60
Bosnia and Herzegovina515.01 → 601.51+86.49

Fell most

Zimbabwe487.18 → 350.85−136.33
Portugal592.67 → 485.34−107.33
North Macedonia879.48 → 812.63−66.85
Togo300.00 → 233.33−66.67
Guatemala454.51 → 393.63−60.87

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.

The site’s method

186 distinct values among 201
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 650.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Which end is better
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Every one of the 201 countries has every column.

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Ember (2003). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2003

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