Data for 2010

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2010

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2010
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2010 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.54; Lesotho is lowest, at 23.19. The middle country reads 515.52. Against 2009, 161 values changed (71 up, 90 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.

173countries
3measures per country
2010the year it describes
158distinct 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, 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	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.54	100.00	16.66
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,053.74	84.24	51.97
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.74	100.00	23.82
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.38	100.00	3.79
5	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	894.44	98.84	4.32
6	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	893.08	93.06	156.77
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	858.49	100.00	0.53
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	799.69	99.90	38.23
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	796.55	100.00	0.29
10	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	764.71	99.97	32.56
11	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	745.46	86.36	0.22
12	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	742.45	79.65	4,196.37
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	740.85	99.71	58.55
14	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	707.30	81.40	56.61
15	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	703.74	100.00	7.76
16	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.00	0.01
17	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	696.23	94.36	46.44
18	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	693.37	68.23	37.42
19	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	686.41	99.31	23.25
20	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.96	100.00	8.48
21	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	679.84	99.53	14.78
22	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	678.38	66.53	7.26
23	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	675.36	97.97	40.86
=24	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.67	100.00	0.03
=24	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	666.67	100.00	0.03
26	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	666.45	93.45	6.11
27	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	662.50	100.00	0.08
=28	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	660.00	100.00	0.20
=28	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	660.00	100.00	0.05
=28	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	660.00	100.00	0.05
31	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	658.82	100.00	0.34
32	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	658.33	100.00	0.96
33	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	658.21	100.00	2.01
=34	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	658.07	100.00	0.62
=34	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	658.07	100.00	0.31
=36	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	657.90	100.00	0.19
=36	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	657.90	100.00	0.38
=36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	657.90	100.00	0.38
=36	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	657.90	100.00	0.38
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	657.82	100.00	2.11
41	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	657.75	100.00	1.87
=42	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	657.58	100.00	0.33
=42	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	657.58	100.00	0.33
44	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	657.45	100.00	0.47
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	657.28	100.00	1.03
=46	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	657.14	100.00	0.21
=46	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	657.14	100.00	0.35
=46	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	657.14	100.00	0.21
=46	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	657.14	100.00	0.21
50	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	656.25	100.00	0.16
=51	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	656.00	100.00	0.25
=51	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	656.00	100.00	0.25
53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	654.55	100.00	0.11
54	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	653.38	100.00	57.03
=55	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	650.00	100.00	0.06
=55	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	650.00	100.00	0.02
=55	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.00	100.00	0.02
=55	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	650.00	100.00	0.06
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	649.91	98.50	5.33
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	648.74	96.72	17.40
61	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	640.21	95.88	0.97
62	Guyana`GUY`South America	638.89	95.56	0.90
63	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	637.22	99.63	45.73
64	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	621.19	75.84	2.69
65	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	619.73	94.72	15.71
66	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	617.45	85.38	2.12
67	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	616.68	90.25	48.91
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	615.05	92.36	4.32
69	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	609.79	91.90	12.97
70	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	607.43	90.09	3.23
71	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	603.70	100.00	28.14
72	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	593.56	60.21	85.22
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	589.31	89.24	14.78
74	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	588.65	81.74	18.67
75	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	581.92	88.30	0.94
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	574.64	98.80	15.89
77	United States`USA`Northern America	570.84	70.07	4,113.94
78	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	568.24	85.88	0.85
79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	566.68	100.00	19.81
80	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	564.29	85.71	0.14
81	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	540.34	67.92	38.75
82	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	539.71	97.40	45.36
83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	533.33	80.00	0.15
84	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	526.85	81.48	1.08
85	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	525.21	73.62	211.18
86	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	521.27	54.26	45.93
87	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	515.52	77.59	0.58
88	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	510.97	99.60	34.90
89	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	504.98	73.70	67.73
90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	500.00	75.00	0.68
91	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	499.01	75.58	26.13
92	Bolivia`BOL`South America	494.59	66.32	6.65
93	Chile`CHL`South America	481.59	59.80	60.25
94	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	478.48	86.61	28.16
95	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	478.21	87.16	118.10
96	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	475.00	71.43	0.28
97	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	446.63	52.85	1.93
98	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	446.49	74.05	296.63
99	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	445.75	63.29	3.65
100	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	441.77	65.82	0.79
101	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	440.17	64.39	3.51
102	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	429.72	62.58	94.54
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	424.64	47.17	60.42
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	412.35	43.21	0.81
105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	411.93	71.93	5.95
106	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	407.14	60.71	0.28
107	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	403.90	43.70	23.57
108	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	400.00	59.09	0.22
109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	391.67	58.33	0.12
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	389.96	55.87	19.42
111	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	369.40	81.80	5.00
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	361.67	51.39	7.20
113	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	352.52	35.98	16.26
114	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	350.42	50.85	2.36
115	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	340.87	49.73	37.36
116	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	337.07	31.59	4.02
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	335.23	47.73	0.88
118	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	317.20	46.99	53.48
119	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	316.74	36.31	8.84
120	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	314.86	41.74	80.64
121	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	313.08	45.39	1.30
122	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	312.65	91.67	3.24
123	Panama`PAN`Central America	296.75	42.95	7.38
124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	292.25	32.06	8.64
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	289.42	40.51	2.74
126	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	288.23	46.35	297.80
127	Peru`PER`South America	283.20	42.30	35.89
128	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	277.15	28.19	8.62
129	Suriname`SUR`South America	268.88	38.78	1.96
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	268.22	37.12	14.79
131	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	255.21	34.55	6.05
132	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	254.78	47.84	5.33
133	Venezuela`VEN`South America	252.00	32.51	113.76
134	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	231.23	31.32	10.12
135	Colombia`COL`South America	229.62	29.49	60.23
136	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	227.11	32.05	5.46
137	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	226.79	33.66	67.82
138	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	212.66	41.41	93.04
139	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	209.76	29.27	0.41
140	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	206.83	26.96	5.86
141	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	205.43	25.27	27.46
142	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	201.26	25.56	7.16
143	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	179.64	45.10	6.63
144	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	179.15	26.88	44.31
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	174.60	23.81	0.63
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	168.92	2.70	0.74
147	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	146.41	22.97	6.27
148	Belize`BLZ`Central America	145.24	11.91	0.42
149	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	143.75	18.75	0.16
150	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	136.15	17.15	7.58
151	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	135.23	14.77	0.88
152	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	114.29	14.29	0.14
153	Uruguay`URY`South America	111.92	10.80	10.74
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.00	12.50	0.16
155	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.32	8.26	11.99
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.55	10.16	562.36
157	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	70.35	6.73	9.51
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	69.27	6.25	1.92
159	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.93	6.83	9.95
160	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	63.71	5.75	148.45
161	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	55.73	3.82	1.31
162	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	42.85	4.21	123.14
163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.27	1.15	7.83
164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.24	0.00	16.74
165	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.12	0.24	16.44
166	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	24.54	0.12	16.67
167	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.40	0.10	10.45
168	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.90	0.00	3.18
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.80	0.00	8.36
170	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.78	0.00	7.57
171	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.75	0.00	54.06
172	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.69	0.00	7.26
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern 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
3Bahrain904.74
4Brunei902.38
5Mongolia894.44

Lowest

173Lesotho23.19
172Bhutan23.69
171Paraguay23.75
170Albania23.78
169Laos23.80

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 515.52. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest44 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.00
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,196.37
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.05

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
161values changed, of 173 in both
71 · 90rose · 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.

How values are stored

158 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 657.90. 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 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

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

0625 held

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2009
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