Data for 2008

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2008

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2008
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This is how much carbon dioxide equivalent a country's power stations emit for each kilowatt-hour of electricity they generate. A country running on hydro or nuclear sits near the bottom; one running on coal sits near the top.

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2008 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.582; Laos is lowest, at 23.656. The middle country reads 517.207. Against 2007, 155 values changed (64 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2008

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.582

LowestLaos

23.656

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

173countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
160distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.582	100.000	15.04
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,129.749	91.059	50.22
3	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	918.570	95.722	154.50
4	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.733	100.000	22.82
5	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	903.000	99.750	4.00
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.924	100.000	3.42
7	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	873.217	86.688	6.31
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	857.143	100.000	0.70
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	825.600	100.000	37.93
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	813.636	100.000	0.22
11	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	758.877	90.753	62.18
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	758.549	99.930	56.79
13	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	750.994	100.000	28.67
14	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	749.674	74.036	36.82
15	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	747.115	79.018	3,495.76
16	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.000	100.000	0.01
17	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	690.710	99.312	23.25
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	684.099	99.505	14.15
19	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	680.724	99.741	7.73
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	672.393	97.195	34.23
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	668.220	93.677	6.01
=22	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.667	100.000	0.03
=22	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	666.667	100.000	0.03
24	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	662.500	100.000	0.08
=25	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	660.000	100.000	0.20
=25	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	660.000	100.000	0.05
27	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	659.375	100.000	0.32
=28	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	658.824	100.000	0.34
=28	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	658.824	100.000	0.34
30	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	658.537	100.000	0.41
31	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	658.333	100.000	0.24
32	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	658.242	100.000	0.91
33	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	658.140	100.000	0.43
34	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	658.065	100.000	0.62
35	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	658.015	100.000	6.55
36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	658.009	100.000	2.31
37	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	657.979	100.000	1.88
=38	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	657.895	100.000	0.19
=38	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	657.895	100.000	0.19
=38	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	657.895	100.000	0.19
41	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	657.778	100.000	2.25
42	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	657.732	100.000	0.97
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	657.199	99.803	5.07
=44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	657.143	100.000	1.05
=44	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	657.143	100.000	0.14
=44	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	657.143	100.000	0.28
=44	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	657.143	100.000	0.35
48	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	656.667	100.000	0.30
49	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	656.522	100.000	0.23
50	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	656.000	100.000	0.25
51	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	655.556	100.000	0.18
52	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	655.431	92.937	41.06
53	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	653.237	100.000	51.75
54	Guyana`GUY`South America	652.113	98.592	0.71
=55	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	650.000	100.000	0.04
=55	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	650.000	75.000	0.20
=55	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	650.000	100.000	0.02
=55	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.000	100.000	0.02
=55	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	650.000	100.000	0.06
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	645.928	96.041	17.68
61	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	639.824	89.778	21.62
62	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	639.189	96.622	1.48
63	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	639.116	97.028	12.45
64	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	635.198	99.304	40.23
65	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	634.483	96.552	0.29
66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	634.375	76.562	2.56
67	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	633.554	98.110	10.58
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	631.155	90.564	36.88
69	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	627.546	63.653	83.28
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	621.040	93.853	4.23
71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	608.108	90.878	2.96
72	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	605.556	91.667	0.72
73	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	603.700	100.000	21.62
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	601.506	89.459	14.61
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	593.477	82.649	198.37
76	United States`USA`Northern America	591.333	71.191	4,107.53
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	582.533	99.513	14.37
78	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	577.220	72.314	36.48
79	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	566.942	85.124	1.21
80	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	566.667	100.000	16.05
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	564.286	85.714	0.14
82	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	561.538	84.615	0.13
83	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	551.113	57.968	44.49
84	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	540.000	80.000	0.05
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	534.269	97.504	41.67
86	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	522.951	78.689	0.61
87	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	517.207	87.838	29.93
88	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	512.154	99.800	35.05
89	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	506.452	74.194	1.86
90	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	497.656	56.136	64.86
91	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	494.473	87.101	106.21
92	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	485.493	81.333	311.57
93	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	483.156	71.631	5.64
94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	481.960	72.869	21.12
95	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	475.972	45.583	2.83
96	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	471.548	67.711	45.34
97	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	459.112	66.885	93.01
98	Chile`CHL`South America	454.440	54.474	59.46
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	454.167	64.583	3.36
100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	451.858	60.304	5.92
101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	450.000	66.667	0.06
102	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	445.856	65.746	1.81
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	433.724	63.343	3.41
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	431.437	66.097	60.82
105	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	424.561	63.158	0.57
106	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	424.490	63.265	0.49
=107	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	422.222	62.963	0.27
=107	Honduras`HND`Central America	422.222	61.883	6.48
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	404.420	50.829	1.81
110	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	390.264	60.903	309.79
111	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	382.786	54.304	12.78
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	377.720	65.458	5.79
113	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	376.062	57.096	40.02
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	372.727	54.545	0.11
115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	370.544	38.520	6.62
116	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	365.221	39.592	23.06
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	356.567	45.046	8.68
118	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	350.823	35.527	16.41
119	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	316.216	45.946	0.37
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	306.897	44.828	0.29
121	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	306.618	89.706	2.72
122	Suriname`SUR`South America	296.026	43.046	1.51
123	Uruguay`URY`South America	288.712	38.769	8.77
124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	283.613	39.427	18.49
125	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	283.051	40.678	1.18
126	Peru`PER`South America	269.195	39.870	32.43
127	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	267.705	36.721	6.10
128	Panama`PAN`Central America	265.008	37.947	6.43
129	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	261.538	30.769	0.78
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	250.617	35.802	0.81
131	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	246.739	35.769	43.39
132	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	246.180	34.415	77.35
133	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	239.286	32.143	0.84
134	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	226.081	24.115	7.63
135	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	223.589	25.889	28.70
136	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	222.247	39.101	4.45
137	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	220.534	30.833	64.38
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	218.372	39.815	83.06
139	Venezuela`VEN`South America	215.759	27.209	119.30
140	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	215.385	30.769	0.13
141	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	214.309	27.317	6.15
142	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	197.826	19.565	0.46
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	193.991	25.751	2.33
144	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	193.390	31.356	5.90
145	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	192.908	24.291	5.64
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	189.663	26.082	8.32
147	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	188.406	2.899	0.69
148	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	164.691	22.222	4.05
149	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	158.634	39.089	5.27
150	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	142.686	14.286	11.69
151	Colombia`COL`South America	137.383	16.114	55.48
152	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	117.834	11.465	1.57
153	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	116.348	15.394	8.38
154	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	103.151	21.305	13.33
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	12.500	0.16
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.024	9.736	566.98
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	75.294	7.059	1.70
158	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	72.553	7.234	9.40
159	Belize`BLZ`Central America	52.381	4.762	0.21
160	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	47.885	3.069	149.90
161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	35.851	2.167	16.15
162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	31.425	1.332	7.51
163	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	27.403	0.595	141.19
164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	27.273	0.000	0.11
165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.173	0.000	16.34
166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	26.165	0.358	2.79
167	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.449	0.105	9.53
168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	24.182	0.067	14.97
169	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.138	0.000	0.58
170	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.803	0.000	6.89
171	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.765	0.000	55.46
172	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.670	0.000	3.76
173	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.656	0.000	3.72

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.582
2Uzbekistan1,129.749
3Poland918.570
4Bahrain904.733
5Mongolia903.000

Lowest

173Laos23.656
172Albania23.670
171Paraguay23.765
170Bhutan23.803
169Lesotho24.138

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 517.207. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest44 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 74.194
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,107.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.64

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 173 in both
64 · 91rose · fell
18unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay109.168 → 288.712+179.544
Namibia39.490 → 117.834+78.344
Iraq574.428 → 631.155+56.727
Montenegro422.430 → 475.972+53.542
Faroe Islands374.074 → 422.222+48.148

Fell most

Equatorial Guinea792.308 → 650.000−142.308
Ghana321.121 → 189.663−131.458
Togo336.842 → 215.385−121.457
Belize140.909 → 52.381−88.528
Finland309.191 → 246.180−63.011

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

160 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 650.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2008). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2008

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