Data for 2012

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2012

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2012 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.535; Albania is lowest, at 23.729. The middle country reads 525.406. Against 2011, 151 values changed (65 up, 86 down), 1 country joined.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2012

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.535

LowestAlbania

23.729

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

174countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
165distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.535	100.00	17.75
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,098.321	87.45	53.00
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.723	100.00	24.77
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.545	100.00	3.93
5	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	891.060	98.75	4.81
6	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	860.812	89.55	161.48
7	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	820.447	83.39	6.26
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	811.913	99.90	38.53
9	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	800.000	100.00	0.35
10	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	794.984	99.97	34.29
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	787.179	100.00	0.39
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	761.720	99.22	63.01
13	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	751.838	74.30	36.19
14	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	742.593	85.19	0.54
15	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	721.700	78.09	4,978.24
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	712.023	100.00	7.07
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	703.989	83.09	59.91
18	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.000	100.00	0.01
19	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	687.982	99.46	22.30
20	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	682.018	100.00	9.12
21	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	679.690	95.35	5.81
22	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	676.139	90.73	32.27
23	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	674.044	98.13	48.62
=24	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.667	100.00	0.03
=24	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	666.667	100.00	0.03
26	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	662.500	100.00	0.08
27	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	661.905	99.58	16.59
=28	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	660.000	100.00	0.05
=28	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	660.000	100.00	0.20
=28	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	660.000	100.00	0.20
=28	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	660.000	100.00	0.05
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	659.556	92.16	22.97
33	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	659.375	100.00	0.32
34	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	659.091	100.00	0.44
35	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	658.974	100.00	0.39
36	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	658.824	100.00	0.34
37	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	658.696	100.00	0.46
38	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	658.537	100.00	0.41
=39	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	657.895	100.00	1.90
=39	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	657.895	100.00	0.38
41	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	657.865	100.00	1.78
42	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	657.576	100.00	0.33
43	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	657.500	100.00	0.40
44	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	657.471	100.00	0.87
45	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	657.377	100.00	0.61
46	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	657.143	100.00	0.21
47	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	656.667	100.00	0.30
48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	656.637	100.00	1.13
49	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	656.250	100.00	0.16
50	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	656.000	100.00	0.25
51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	651.145	100.00	61.12
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	650.870	98.70	2.30
=53	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	650.000	100.00	0.06
=53	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	650.000	100.00	0.02
=53	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.000	100.00	0.02
=53	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	650.000	100.00	0.06
57	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	645.578	96.26	18.43
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	645.161	79.57	2.79
59	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	641.667	95.83	0.24
60	Guyana`GUY`South America	639.583	95.83	0.96
61	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	632.822	98.92	57.40
62	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	627.273	95.46	0.22
63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	624.788	94.49	4.72
64	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	619.441	93.93	16.46
65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	613.536	90.61	3.62
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	612.386	90.46	46.02
67	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	603.563	99.97	34.80
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	600.928	89.79	4.31
69	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	592.140	87.71	11.96
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	582.604	87.87	16.90
71	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	579.476	79.91	2.29
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	575.000	87.50	0.08
73	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	571.581	98.26	17.84
74	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	566.867	100.00	25.02
75	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	565.625	85.42	0.96
76	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	558.696	84.78	0.92
77	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	552.714	55.66	86.58
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	550.000	82.81	0.64
79	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	539.474	81.58	0.38
=80	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	533.333	80.00	0.15
=80	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	533.333	80.00	0.15
82	Chile`CHL`South America	532.859	63.72	69.57
83	United States`USA`Northern America	532.820	68.78	4,040.67
84	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	530.909	80.00	1.10
85	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	528.045	80.20	28.74
86	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	527.943	72.77	239.49
87	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	525.607	97.29	46.94
88	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	525.204	54.74	46.46
89	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	510.127	99.32	30.81
90	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	505.351	71.55	72.89
91	Bolivia`BOL`South America	502.564	67.48	7.41
92	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	500.351	48.07	2.85
93	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	494.485	83.98	102.27
94	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	486.830	54.90	58.54
95	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	482.916	80.41	27.16
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	482.407	57.87	2.16
97	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	476.786	58.93	0.56
98	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	473.611	70.83	0.72
99	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	459.375	71.88	0.32
100	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	441.021	57.37	45.44
101	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	438.174	68.77	295.25
102	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	431.903	63.27	3.73
103	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	431.662	62.92	98.10
104	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	431.371	51.46	30.57
105	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	430.070	62.94	1.43
106	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	427.273	63.64	0.11
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	425.714	73.71	7.00
108	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	417.241	62.07	0.29
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	409.181	57.32	4.03
110	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	394.767	41.28	1.72
111	Honduras`HND`Central America	378.827	53.57	7.84
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	364.727	67.55	5.67
113	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	364.103	53.85	0.39
114	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	359.100	36.59	15.55
115	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	357.692	50.64	1.56
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	356.940	39.78	9.15
117	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	352.791	50.24	10.57
118	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	351.094	49.50	293.95
119	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	348.315	37.45	21.36
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	345.509	50.90	1.67
121	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	332.553	46.77	34.62
122	Ecuador`ECU`South America	330.048	46.59	22.73
123	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	320.889	73.78	4.50
124	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	307.609	88.77	2.76
125	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	300.000	42.86	2.31
126	Peru`PER`South America	297.648	44.75	39.96
127	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	295.085	33.33	9.36
128	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	288.095	39.37	6.30
129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	285.125	28.67	11.16
130	Venezuela`VEN`South America	279.861	36.05	128.31
131	Panama`PAN`Central America	276.074	37.05	8.61
132	Uruguay`URY`South America	271.981	35.38	10.60
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	263.683	43.48	7.82
134	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	251.193	34.07	12.15
135	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	246.512	33.72	0.86
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	233.333	33.33	0.18
137	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	232.877	32.88	0.73
138	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	215.197	26.79	70.41
139	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	214.526	29.68	9.50
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	207.772	29.02	7.72
141	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	203.746	25.94	28.30
142	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	202.748	37.68	81.51
143	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	198.194	28.27	43.75
144	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	185.929	25.23	68.65
145	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	180.416	22.52	8.17
146	Colombia`COL`South America	178.972	22.11	63.06
147	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	178.274	25.68	9.62
148	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	177.778	24.44	0.45
149	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	171.154	7.69	0.52
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	168.877	21.36	5.43
151	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	146.515	33.39	6.17
152	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	145.455	15.91	0.88
153	Belize`BLZ`Central America	142.105	7.90	0.38
154	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	127.778	16.67	0.18
155	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	96.207	10.00	2.90
156	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	80.317	8.21	10.11
157	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	78.377	6.59	15.03
158	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.602	10.03	567.59
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	68.780	6.34	2.05
160	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.707	2.99	1.67
161	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44.641	2.46	166.44
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	33.333	0.00	0.15
163	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	32.152	1.77	146.18
164	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	28.390	0.74	14.97
165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.820	0.00	17.29
166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	27.479	0.57	3.53
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.046	0.41	16.97
168	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.818	0.16	12.37
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.601	0.13	7.52
170	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.490	0.00	0.49
171	Paraguay`PRY`South America	23.759	0.00	60.23
172	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.743	0.00	12.93
173	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.739	0.00	6.74
174	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.729	0.00	4.72

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.535
2Uzbekistan1,098.321
3Bahrain904.723
4Brunei902.545
5Mongolia891.060

Lowest

174Albania23.729
173Bhutan23.739
172Laos23.743
171Paraguay23.759
170Lesotho24.490

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 525.406. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest39 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 74.04
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,978.24
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.99

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
151values changed, of 173 in both
65 · 86rose · fell
22unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone100.000 → 233.333+133.333
Togo342.857 → 459.375+116.518
Suriname230.065 → 345.509+115.444
Uruguay205.319 → 271.981+66.662
Portugal375.183 → 441.021+65.838

Fell most

Cambodia632.353 → 430.070−202.283
Uganda275.188 → 96.207−178.981
Montenegro566.415 → 500.351−66.064
Cabo Verde605.405 → 539.474−65.931
Panama336.701 → 276.074−60.627

+ South Sudan

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

165 distinct values among 174
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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Ember (2012). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2012

0625 held

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