Data for 2004

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2004

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2004
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2004 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.54; Burundi is lowest, at 22.22. The middle country reads 523.07. Against 2003, 155 values changed (73 up, 82 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2004

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.54

LowestBurundi

22.22

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

172countries
3measures per country
2004the 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.54	100.000	11.92
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,058.01	87.726	49.70
3	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	941.29	97.902	152.54
4	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	908.54	100.000	3.28
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.77	100.000	16.15
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.76	100.000	3.26
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	847.42	100.000	0.97
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	829.47	100.000	37.05
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	810.00	100.000	0.20
10	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	803.70	99.915	47.28
11	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	793.99	77.778	6.66
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	786.31	89.849	58.22
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	778.52	81.487	2,203.31
14	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	755.56	88.889	0.09
15	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	719.87	71.444	37.19
16	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	701.04	100.000	20.20
17	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.000	0.01
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	685.71	99.420	24.15
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	680.56	99.689	6.43
20	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	671.43	99.330	8.96
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	670.17	93.966	5.80
=22	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.67	100.000	0.03
=22	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	666.67	100.000	0.03
=22	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	666.67	100.000	0.03
25	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	662.50	100.000	0.08
=26	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	660.00	100.000	0.15
=26	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	660.00	100.000	0.20
=26	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	660.00	100.000	0.05
=26	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	660.00	100.000	0.05
=30	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	659.09	100.000	0.22
=30	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	659.09	100.000	0.22
=32	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	658.33	100.000	0.12
=32	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	658.33	100.000	0.24
=32	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	658.33	100.000	0.12
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	658.11	100.000	2.22
=36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	658.10	100.000	4.20
=36	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	658.10	100.000	1.05
38	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	658.08	100.000	1.98
39	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	658.07	100.000	0.31
40	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	658.03	100.000	4.36
41	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	657.98	100.000	1.88
=42	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	657.90	100.000	0.19
=42	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	657.90	100.000	0.19
44	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	657.78	100.000	0.45
45	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	657.50	100.000	0.40
46	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	657.47	100.000	0.87
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	657.30	100.000	0.89
=48	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	657.14	100.000	0.28
=48	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	657.14	100.000	0.14
=48	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	657.14	100.000	0.28
51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	656.52	100.000	0.23
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	655.56	100.000	0.18
53	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	654.29	100.000	41.26
54	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	652.93	95.185	25.13
55	Guyana`GUY`South America	652.33	98.837	0.86
56	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	652.31	98.483	32.29
=57	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	650.00	100.000	0.04
=57	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	650.00	100.000	0.02
=57	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	650.00	100.000	0.06
60	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	640.24	65.306	83.79
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	639.72	96.828	7.25
62	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	639.19	99.418	10.31
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	637.92	94.373	15.64
64	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	634.62	99.200	31.25
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	632.43	95.946	0.74
66	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	630.40	86.913	32.17
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	627.27	95.455	0.22
68	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	624.37	92.386	1.97
69	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	612.02	87.431	21.72
70	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	611.11	92.593	0.54
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	603.70	100.000	13.23
72	United States`USA`Northern America	602.44	71.314	3,951.95
73	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	596.50	90.297	11.44
74	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	591.55	94.405	25.20
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	583.94	85.524	12.02
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	581.59	86.192	2.39
77	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	581.39	100.000	11.50
78	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	581.19	76.317	40.24
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	573.51	98.407	11.93
80	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	569.91	72.685	2.16
81	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	555.81	97.393	36.82
82	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	554.49	80.240	1.67
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	550.00	83.333	0.12
84	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	543.67	57.041	5.61
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	541.41	72.449	44.68
86	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	523.40	78.723	0.47
87	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	522.74	90.864	99.82
88	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	518.03	60.935	56.47
89	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	515.29	99.904	31.20
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	514.29	76.190	1.26
91	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	511.00	81.659	293.71
=92	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	500.00	75.000	0.12
=92	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	500.00	75.000	0.04
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	496.09	71.886	2.81
95	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	494.87	73.219	3.51
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	494.21	69.075	149.75
97	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	493.88	51.741	41.36
98	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	481.82	72.727	0.11
99	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	461.80	66.496	85.96
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	460.94	66.267	55.94
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	455.43	65.891	5.16
102	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	449.13	58.881	276.61
103	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	446.94	65.556	3.60
104	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	446.30	66.667	0.54
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	442.32	66.571	24.29
106	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	431.42	61.881	33.71
107	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	404.00	60.000	0.25
108	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	395.56	43.367	21.86
109	Chile`CHL`South America	391.73	53.333	51.00
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	390.73	51.656	4.53
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	389.47	57.895	0.19
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	388.63	49.065	6.42
113	Belize`BLZ`Central America	385.71	57.143	0.14
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	385.39	43.416	9.72
115	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	383.27	66.545	5.50
116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	372.73	54.545	0.11
117	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	363.65	36.673	15.27
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	358.18	52.727	0.55
119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	333.33	41.830	1.53
120	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	330.02	47.205	4.83
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	326.14	43.182	0.88
122	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	325.36	43.674	85.84
123	Suriname`SUR`South America	320.28	46.853	1.43
124	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	316.32	94.362	3.37
125	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	314.71	44.989	13.87
126	Ecuador`ECU`South America	304.30	42.656	12.80
127	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	293.94	42.424	0.33
128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	292.86	42.857	0.14
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	273.33	39.048	1.05
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	270.00	38.889	0.90
131	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	259.45	35.942	61.85
132	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	253.19	30.532	30.46
133	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	247.59	41.129	82.91
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	240.28	34.028	5.76
135	Venezuela`VEN`South America	228.72	28.899	98.55
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	228.08	29.545	6.16
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	227.85	29.114	0.79
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	215.52	5.172	0.58
139	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	204.16	27.608	42.27
140	Peru`PER`South America	200.25	27.134	24.25
141	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	180.00	17.500	0.40
142	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	173.40	27.807	5.79
143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	162.50	21.875	2.24
144	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	153.33	20.000	0.15
145	Colombia`COL`South America	148.59	18.488	49.33
146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	143.30	21.073	2.61
147	Uruguay`URY`South America	141.19	18.305	5.90
148	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	137.53	31.770	4.69
149	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	104.50	12.667	6.00
150	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	100.58	12.682	6.86
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	93.20	9.524	1.47
152	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	89.98	13.676	16.16
153	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	77.44	17.173	18.75
154	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.17	9.825	566.30
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.32	4.668	4.07
156	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	48.06	3.886	151.56
157	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.82	2.523	5.55
158	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.33	0.877	7.98
159	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	29.71	0.725	1.38
=160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	28.87	0.910	16.49
=160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	28.87	0.000	1.94
162	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	27.84	0.645	110.10
163	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.73	0.588	8.51
164	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.47	0.431	11.60
165	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26.36	0.418	2.39
166	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	26.11	0.000	8.54
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.64	0.142	7.02
168	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.76	0.000	51.93
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.67	0.000	3.00
170	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.61	0.000	2.33
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.33	0.000	0.30
172	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	22.22	0.000	0.09

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.54
2Uzbekistan1,058.01
3Poland941.29
4Mongolia908.54
5Bahrain904.77

Lowest

172Burundi22.22
171Lesotho23.33
170Bhutan23.61
169Laos23.67
168Paraguay23.76

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 523.07. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest46 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.000
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,951.95
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.45

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 172 in both
73 · 82rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Togo233.33 → 389.47+156.14
Uruguay25.41 → 141.19+115.78
Tanzania59.78 → 143.30+83.52
Kenya156.75 → 228.08+71.33
Uzbekistan997.50 → 1,058.01+60.51

Fell most

Ghana242.01 → 104.50−137.51
Angola262.81 → 162.50−100.31
Croatia413.83 → 314.71−99.12
Panama335.37 → 240.28−95.09
Guinea362.79 → 270.00−92.79

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 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 660.00. 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 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2004). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2004

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