Data for 2011

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2011

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2011
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2011 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.562; Nepal is lowest, at 23.699. The middle country reads 521.429. Against 2010, 159 values changed (82 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2011

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.562

LowestNepal

23.699

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

173countries
3measures per country
2011the year it describes
161distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.562	100.000	17.22
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,118.333	89.205	52.80
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.725	100.000	24.34
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.413	100.000	3.73
5	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	890.088	98.678	4.54
6	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	881.654	91.938	162.87
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	841.667	100.000	0.48
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	838.132	99.897	38.97
9	Niger`NER`Western Africa	805.882	100.000	0.34
10	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	794.970	78.846	6.76
11	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	793.426	99.962	26.01
12	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	780.142	77.196	38.02
13	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	780.000	90.000	0.30
14	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	754.005	81.449	4,702.12
15	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	744.312	99.497	59.60
16	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	724.825	86.056	58.45
17	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.000	100.000	0.01
18	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	695.169	100.000	6.21
19	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	691.779	99.326	22.26
20	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	684.417	92.758	41.84
21	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.963	100.000	8.76
22	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	672.456	97.784	44.22
23	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	669.896	93.945	5.78
=24	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.667	100.000	0.03
=24	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	666.667	100.000	0.03
26	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	664.959	99.590	14.64
27	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	662.500	100.000	0.08
=28	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	660.000	100.000	0.10
=28	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	660.000	100.000	0.20
=28	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	660.000	100.000	0.20
=28	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	660.000	100.000	0.05
32	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	659.375	100.000	0.32
33	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	659.091	100.000	0.22
=34	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	658.974	100.000	0.39
=34	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	658.974	100.000	0.39
36	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	658.730	100.000	0.63
37	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	658.152	100.000	1.84
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	658.065	100.000	2.17
39	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	658.049	100.000	2.05
=40	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	657.895	100.000	0.19
=40	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	657.895	100.000	0.38
=40	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	657.895	100.000	0.57
=40	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	657.895	100.000	0.95
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	657.692	100.000	1.04
=45	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	657.576	100.000	0.33
=45	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	657.576	100.000	0.33
47	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	657.500	100.000	0.40
48	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	657.143	100.000	0.21
49	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	656.667	100.000	0.30
50	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	656.250	100.000	0.16
51	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	656.000	100.000	0.25
52	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	652.767	100.000	57.46
=53	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	650.000	100.000	0.06
=53	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	650.000	100.000	0.02
=53	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.000	100.000	0.02
=53	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	650.000	100.000	0.06
57	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	648.352	80.220	2.73
58	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	648.169	96.789	17.75
59	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	640.260	93.692	53.90
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	637.805	96.545	4.92
61	Guyana`GUY`South America	634.737	94.737	0.95
62	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	633.503	99.024	51.22
63	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	632.353	94.118	1.02
64	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	626.871	95.092	16.30
65	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	623.680	86.926	20.27
66	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	608.486	91.284	4.36
67	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	605.405	91.892	0.37
68	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	604.888	90.846	12.89
69	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	604.863	89.970	3.29
70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	603.677	100.000	30.73
71	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	592.478	81.416	2.26
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	590.419	89.213	15.76
73	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	583.633	59.003	86.64
74	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	580.808	87.879	0.99
75	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	580.645	88.172	0.93
76	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	577.682	59.568	49.96
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	575.951	99.018	16.30
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	571.429	85.714	0.07
79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	566.804	100.000	21.87
80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	566.415	54.717	2.65
81	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	563.218	85.057	0.87
82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	551.852	83.333	0.54
83	United States`USA`Northern America	550.533	68.208	4,088.87
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	541.157	74.676	229.39
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	538.152	97.391	46.00
86	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	523.596	76.404	0.89
87	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	521.429	78.571	0.14
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	515.533	78.217	27.04
89	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	509.071	99.565	32.19
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	494.089	58.621	2.03
91	Chile`CHL`South America	493.694	60.472	65.65
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	493.160	71.338	69.15
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	492.666	66.008	7.09
94	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	490.663	54.579	61.80
95	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	486.670	59.641	35.11
96	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	486.667	73.333	0.15
97	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	472.354	85.387	112.64
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	461.942	66.142	3.81
99	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	460.811	68.919	0.74
100	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	456.176	79.779	27.20
101	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	445.611	72.199	298.37
102	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	443.383	64.653	94.83
103	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	428.375	62.534	3.63
104	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	422.222	62.963	0.27
105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	415.385	61.538	0.13
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	400.493	70.066	6.08
107	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	382.857	57.143	0.35
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	382.195	53.949	7.47
109	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	377.644	42.312	9.17
110	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	375.957	52.983	11.23
111	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	375.183	53.438	51.78
112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	368.027	52.381	1.47
113	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	365.649	38.168	1.31
114	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	359.799	36.558	15.92
115	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	346.622	37.374	20.87
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	342.857	52.381	0.21
117	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	341.005	48.917	36.02
118	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	337.244	50.178	291.54
119	Panama`PAN`Central America	336.701	47.315	7.82
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	325.453	46.011	20.43
121	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	322.588	73.882	4.25
122	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	320.696	59.961	5.17
123	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	314.773	90.909	2.64
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	314.269	37.329	8.76
125	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	304.630	43.519	2.16
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	301.176	42.353	0.85
127	Peru`PER`South America	286.388	43.232	39.23
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	275.188	38.722	2.66
129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	274.593	27.900	10.43
130	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	268.095	35.551	73.50
131	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	267.909	36.467	6.17
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	253.935	33.599	11.31
133	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	238.650	34.228	62.20
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	233.206	30.779	7.83
135	Suriname`SUR`South America	230.065	32.680	1.53
136	Venezuela`VEN`South America	227.085	29.069	117.96
137	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	214.427	27.829	28.28
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	207.597	28.975	5.66
139	Uruguay`URY`South America	205.319	25.338	10.34
140	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	204.438	33.148	7.21
141	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	197.403	22.078	0.77
142	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	196.223	49.425	6.09
143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	193.027	25.000	5.88
144	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	192.854	36.615	89.28
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	185.455	25.455	0.55
146	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	177.778	24.444	0.45
147	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	174.736	23.384	8.51
148	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	165.709	24.008	43.86
149	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	156.487	22.056	10.02
150	Colombia`COL`South America	151.524	18.250	61.70
151	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	143.103	3.448	0.58
152	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	127.778	16.667	0.18
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	100.000	11.765	0.17
154	Belize`BLZ`Central America	96.970	6.061	0.33
155	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	83.590	8.821	9.75
156	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.000	6.667	0.15
157	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	75.816	6.729	15.01
158	France`FRA`Western Europe	74.645	10.438	567.66
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	68.020	6.091	1.97
160	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	52.316	3.806	150.28
161	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	45.517	2.759	1.45
162	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	38.323	3.192	125.93
163	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32.936	1.432	4.19
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	30.307	1.151	7.82
165	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.908	0.663	16.59
166	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.418	0.000	16.85
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.123	0.246	16.24
168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.490	0.000	0.49
169	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.282	0.087	11.49
170	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.816	0.000	6.97
171	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.759	0.000	57.62
172	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.754	0.000	12.84
173	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.699	0.000	3.46

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.562
2Uzbekistan1,118.333
3Bahrain904.725
4Brunei902.413
5Mongolia890.088

Lowest

173Nepal23.699
172Laos23.754
171Paraguay23.759
170Bhutan23.816
169Zambia24.282

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 521.429. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest42 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 76.404
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,702.12
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.88

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 173 in both
82 · 77rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro337.065 → 566.415+229.350
North Macedonia678.375 → 794.970+116.595
Croatia268.222 → 375.957+107.735
Uruguay111.918 → 205.319+93.401
Georgia64.925 → 156.487+91.562

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe660.000 → 571.429−88.571
Colombia229.620 → 151.524−78.096
Dominica564.286 → 486.667−77.619
Ecuador389.959 → 325.453−64.506
North Korea403.903 → 346.622−57.281

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

161 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 660.000. 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 (2011). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2011

0625 held

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