Data for 2010

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2010

Figures for 2010, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2010 covers 202 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.54; Lesotho is lowest, at 23.19. The middle country reads 523.24. Against 2009, 190 values changed (84 up, 106 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2010

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.54

LowestLesotho

23.19

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

202countries
3measures per country
2010the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1,306.54	100.00	16.66
2	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	1,053.74	84.24	51.97
3	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	979.11	96.91	5.17
4	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	904.74	100.00	23.82
5	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	902.38	100.00	3.79
6	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	894.44	98.84	4.32
7	PolandPOLEastern Europe	893.08	93.06	156.77
8	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	858.49	100.00	0.53
9	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	835.54	90.30	82.65
10	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	807.60	94.18	259.59
11	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	799.69	99.90	38.23
12	NigerNERWestern Africa	796.55	100.00	0.29
13	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	775.64	91.17	250.97
14	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	764.71	99.97	32.56
15	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	745.46	86.36	0.22
16	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	742.45	79.65	4,196.37
17	IsraelISRWestern Asia	740.85	99.71	58.55
18	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	739.43	82.42	936.39
19	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	707.30	81.40	56.61
20	YemenYEMWestern Asia	703.74	100.00	7.76
21	MontserratMSRCaribbean	700.00	100.00	0.01
22	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	696.23	94.36	46.44
23	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	693.37	68.23	37.42
24	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	691.41	100.00	248.77
25	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	688.98	93.90	125.05
26	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	686.41	99.31	23.25
27	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	681.96	100.00	8.48
28	JordanJORWestern Asia	679.84	99.53	14.78
29	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	678.38	66.53	7.26
30	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	676.61	99.98	93.95
31	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	675.36	97.97	40.86
=32	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	666.67	100.00	0.03
=32	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	666.67	100.00	0.03
34	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	666.45	93.45	6.11
35	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	662.50	100.00	0.08
36	IranIRNSouthern Asia	661.26	95.58	235.68
=37	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	660.00	100.00	0.20
=37	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	660.00	100.00	0.05
=37	TongaTONPolynesia	660.00	100.00	0.05
40	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	658.82	100.00	0.34
41	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	658.33	100.00	0.96
42	BahamasBHSCaribbean	658.21	100.00	2.01
=43	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	658.07	100.00	0.62
=43	EritreaERIEastern Africa	658.07	100.00	0.31
=45	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	657.90	100.00	0.19
=45	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	657.90	100.00	0.38
=45	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	657.90	100.00	0.38
=45	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	657.90	100.00	0.38
49	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	657.82	100.00	2.11
50	GuamGUMMicronesia	657.75	100.00	1.87
=51	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	657.58	100.00	0.33
=51	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	657.58	100.00	0.33
53	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	657.45	100.00	0.47
54	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	657.28	100.00	1.03
=55	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	657.14	100.00	0.21
=55	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	657.14	100.00	0.35
=55	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	657.14	100.00	0.21
=55	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	657.14	100.00	0.21
59	American SamoaASMPolynesia	656.25	100.00	0.16
=60	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	656.00	100.00	0.25
=60	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	656.00	100.00	0.25
62	BeninBENWestern Africa	654.55	100.00	0.11
63	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	653.41	80.29	247.05
64	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	653.38	100.00	57.03
=65	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	650.00	100.00	0.06
=65	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	650.00	100.00	0.02
=65	NauruNRUMicronesia	650.00	100.00	0.02
=65	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	650.00	100.00	0.06
69	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	649.91	98.50	5.33
70	CubaCUBCaribbean	648.74	96.72	17.40
71	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	645.73	79.69	235.29
72	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	640.21	95.88	0.97
73	GuyanaGUYSouth America	638.89	95.56	0.90
74	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	637.22	99.63	45.73
75	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	621.19	75.84	2.69
76	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	619.73	94.72	15.71
77	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	617.45	85.38	2.12
78	IraqIRQWestern Asia	616.68	90.25	48.91
79	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	615.05	92.36	4.32
80	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	610.33	81.23	22.85
81	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	609.79	91.90	12.97
82	SenegalSENWestern Africa	607.43	90.09	3.23
83	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	606.33	94.43	157.57
84	QatarQATWestern Asia	603.70	100.00	28.14
85	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	593.56	60.21	85.22
86	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	589.31	89.24	14.78
87	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	588.65	81.74	18.67
88	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	582.75	90.04	144.43
89	ArubaABWCaribbean	581.92	88.30	0.94
90	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	574.64	98.80	15.89
91	United StatesUSANorthern America	570.84	70.07	4,113.94
92	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	568.24	85.88	0.85
93	OmanOMNWestern Asia	566.68	100.00	19.81
94	DominicaDMACaribbean	564.29	85.71	0.14
95	MexicoMEXCentral America	541.97	81.00	275.57
96	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	540.34	67.92	38.75
97	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	539.71	97.40	45.36
98	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	533.33	80.00	0.15
99	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	531.72	52.57	16.93
100	MacauMACEastern Asia	526.85	81.48	1.08
101	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	525.21	73.62	211.18
102	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	521.27	54.26	45.93
103	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	517.19	76.88	382.06
104	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	516.65	60.60	624.21
105	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	515.52	77.59	0.58
106	BelarusBLREastern Europe	510.97	99.60	34.90
107	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	504.98	73.70	67.73
108	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	500.20	68.83	495.03
109	HaitiHTICaribbean	500.00	75.00	0.68
110	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	499.01	75.58	26.13
111	BoliviaBOLSouth America	494.59	66.32	6.65
112	ChileCHLSouth America	481.59	59.80	60.25
113	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	478.48	86.61	28.16
114	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	478.21	87.16	118.10
115	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	475.00	71.43	0.28
116	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	458.01	67.49	1,038.02
117	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	451.67	68.80	91.72
118	JapanJPNEastern Asia	446.74	64.48	1,156.04
119	GabonGABMiddle Africa	446.63	52.85	1.93
120	ItalyITASouthern Europe	446.49	74.05	296.63
121	NicaraguaNICCentral America	445.75	63.29	3.65
122	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	441.77	65.82	0.79
123	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	440.17	64.39	3.51
124	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	429.72	62.58	94.54
125	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	424.64	47.17	60.42
126	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	412.35	43.21	0.81
127	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	411.93	71.93	5.95
128	UkraineUKREastern Europe	409.93	45.69	188.82
129	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	407.14	60.71	0.28
130	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	403.90	43.70	23.57
131	ArgentinaARGSouth America	401.60	66.68	126.00
132	TogoTGOWestern Africa	400.00	59.09	0.22
133	SamoaWSMPolynesia	391.67	58.33	0.12
134	EcuadorECUSouth America	389.96	55.87	19.42
135	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	369.40	81.80	5.00
136	HondurasHNDCentral America	361.67	51.39	7.20
137	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	352.52	35.98	16.26
138	MaliMLIWestern Africa	350.42	50.85	2.36
139	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	340.87	49.73	37.36
140	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	337.07	31.59	4.02
141	FijiFJIMelanesia	335.23	47.73	0.88
142	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	319.50	46.55	10.72
143	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	317.20	46.99	53.48
144	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	316.74	36.31	8.84
145	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	314.86	41.74	80.64
146	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	313.08	45.39	1.30
147	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	312.65	91.67	3.24
148	PanamaPANCentral America	296.75	42.95	7.38
149	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	292.25	32.06	8.64
150	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	289.42	40.51	2.74
151	SpainESPSouthern Europe	288.23	46.35	297.80
152	PeruPERSouth America	283.20	42.30	35.89
153	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	277.15	28.19	8.62
154	SurinameSURSouth America	268.88	38.78	1.96
155	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	268.22	37.12	14.79
156	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	255.21	34.55	6.05
157	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	254.78	47.84	5.33
158	VenezuelaVENSouth America	252.00	32.51	113.76
159	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	231.23	31.32	10.12
160	ColombiaCOLSouth America	229.62	29.49	60.23
161	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	227.11	32.05	5.46
162	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	226.79	33.66	67.82
163	CanadaCANNorthern America	214.88	24.11	607.03
164	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	212.66	41.41	93.04
165	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	209.76	29.27	0.41
166	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	206.83	26.96	5.86
167	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	205.43	25.27	27.46
168	KenyaKENEastern Africa	201.26	25.56	7.16
169	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	179.64	45.10	6.63
170	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	179.15	26.88	44.31
171	GuineaGINWestern Africa	174.60	23.81	0.63
172	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	168.92	2.70	0.74
173	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	146.41	22.97	6.27
174	BelizeBLZCentral America	145.24	11.91	0.42
175	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	143.75	18.75	0.16
176	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	136.15	17.15	7.58
177	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	135.23	14.77	0.88
178	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	114.29	14.29	0.14
179	BrazilBRASouth America	114.15	12.38	515.80
180	UruguayURYSouth America	111.92	10.80	10.74
181	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	100.00	12.50	0.16
182	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	86.32	8.26	11.99
183	FranceFRAWestern Europe	78.55	10.16	562.36
184	Costa RicaCRICentral America	70.35	6.73	9.51
185	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	69.27	6.25	1.92
186	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	64.93	6.83	9.95
187	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	63.71	5.75	148.45
188	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	55.73	3.82	1.31
189	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	42.85	4.21	123.14
190	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	36.00	3.39	66.05
191	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	32.54	1.00	5.01
192	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	30.27	1.15	7.83
193	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	27.24	0.00	16.74
194	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	25.12	0.24	16.44
195	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	24.54	0.12	16.67
196	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	24.40	0.10	10.45
197	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	23.90	0.00	3.18
198	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	23.80	0.00	8.36
199	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	23.78	0.00	7.57
200	ParaguayPRYSouth America	23.75	0.00	54.06
201	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	23.69	0.00	7.26
202	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	23.19	0.00	0.69

02In 2010

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
2Uzbekistan1,053.74
3Kosovo979.11
4Bahrain904.74
5Brunei902.38

Lowest

202Lesotho23.19
201Bhutan23.69
200Paraguay23.75
199Albania23.78
198Laos23.80

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 523.24. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest45 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.71
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,196.37
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.80

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 202 in both
84 · 106rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Lithuania105.53 → 369.40+263.87
Togo193.33 → 400.00+206.67
São Tomé and Príncipe550.00 → 660.00+110.00
New Caledonia539.69 → 617.45+77.76
Equatorial Guinea668.18 → 745.46+77.27

Fell most

Sierra Leone450.00 → 114.29−335.71
Sudan341.00 → 136.15−204.85
North Macedonia817.74 → 678.38−139.37
Portugal452.82 → 317.20−135.61
Uruguay243.60 → 111.92−131.68

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

187 distinct values among 202
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 657.90. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Which end is better
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 202 countries has every column.

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Ember (2010). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2010

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