Data for 2013

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2013

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2013
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2013 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.57; Central African Republic is lowest, at 21.43. The middle country reads 508.77. Against 2012, 158 values changed (74 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2013

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.57

LowestCentral African Republic

21.43

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

174countries
3measures per country
2013the year it describes
163distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.57	100.00	18.87
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,126.00	89.56	54.61
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.75	100.00	25.91
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.73	100.00	4.40
5	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	880.28	97.61	5.02
6	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	863.28	89.58	163.78
7	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	854.47	99.90	39.01
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	822.83	100.00	0.92
9	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	790.27	99.97	37.93
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	765.91	100.00	0.44
11	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	752.28	73.95	39.23
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	719.80	99.07	61.32
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	719.13	77.95	5,420.96
14	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	719.05	73.89	6.09
15	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	713.06	100.00	8.50
16	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.00	0.01
17	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	685.10	98.65	21.48
18	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	682.00	100.00	9.50
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	673.75	97.99	53.34
20	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	669.29	93.29	23.25
=21	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.67	100.00	0.03
=21	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	666.67	100.00	0.03
23	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	664.66	99.65	17.26
24	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	664.30	93.13	4.51
25	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	662.73	87.96	25.17
26	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	662.50	100.00	0.08
=27	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	660.00	100.00	0.15
=27	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	660.00	100.00	0.20
=27	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	660.00	100.00	0.20
=27	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	660.00	100.00	0.05
31	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	659.26	100.00	0.27
32	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	658.54	100.00	0.82
33	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	658.49	100.00	0.53
34	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	658.14	100.00	0.43
35	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	658.07	100.00	0.62
36	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	658.05	100.00	1.74
37	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	657.98	100.00	1.88
38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	657.90	100.00	0.38
39	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	657.58	100.00	0.33
40	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	657.45	100.00	0.47
=41	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	657.14	100.00	0.42
=41	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	657.14	100.00	0.35
=41	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	657.14	100.00	0.21
44	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	656.67	100.00	0.30
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	656.44	100.00	1.01
46	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	656.00	100.00	0.25
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	651.91	99.98	60.99
=48	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	650.00	100.00	0.06
=48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	650.00	100.00	0.02
=48	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.00	100.00	0.02
51	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	647.79	98.23	2.26
52	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	646.85	79.72	2.86
53	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	643.18	97.73	0.44
54	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	642.86	96.43	0.28
55	Guyana`GUY`South America	639.80	95.92	0.98
56	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	639.01	95.12	19.25
57	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	638.46	100.00	0.13
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	636.78	74.53	56.37
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	636.02	99.45	59.89
60	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	627.27	95.46	0.22
61	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	620.32	91.83	58.90
62	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	620.00	70.59	0.85
63	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	615.48	93.30	18.80
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	612.07	90.29	3.81
65	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	611.19	92.31	4.29
66	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	606.48	90.74	13.28
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	605.59	90.68	4.29
68	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	602.79	99.77	34.75
69	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	581.28	79.68	2.51
70	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	573.33	86.67	1.05
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	571.45	86.96	17.72
=72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	571.43	85.71	0.07
=72	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	571.43	85.71	0.07
74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	568.36	97.63	18.14
75	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	567.07	100.00	26.24
76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	564.29	85.71	0.14
77	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	562.50	87.50	0.32
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	557.33	84.00	0.75
79	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	554.26	84.04	0.94
80	Chile`CHL`South America	554.04	64.31	72.84
81	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	535.88	81.44	28.93
82	United States`USA`Northern America	533.49	67.71	4,055.61
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	530.43	73.59	75.23
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	527.42	53.38	85.91
85	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	522.45	78.57	0.98
86	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	517.07	78.05	0.41
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	510.15	71.18	240.15
88	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	507.40	96.48	47.97
89	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	505.94	99.05	31.51
90	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	500.62	85.09	100.56
=91	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	500.00	75.00	0.68
=91	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	500.00	75.00	0.12
93	Bolivia`BOL`South America	494.75	66.20	7.81
94	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	487.19	51.00	43.02
95	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	486.67	73.33	0.15
96	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	472.55	53.89	34.61
97	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	462.30	77.71	25.62
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	456.46	55.02	2.09
99	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	446.13	78.24	7.63
100	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	442.39	64.84	4.01
101	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	436.12	63.62	104.88
102	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	417.24	62.07	0.29
103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	410.69	46.23	9.54
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	408.09	42.78	1.73
=105	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	400.00	41.46	0.41
=105	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	400.00	59.46	0.37
107	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	398.96	60.84	286.02
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	394.40	55.91	8.21
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	389.76	45.40	58.19
110	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	386.98	69.95	5.99
111	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	386.29	36.55	3.94
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	368.83	52.38	23.16
113	Suriname`SUR`South America	357.96	52.84	1.76
114	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	350.91	49.70	1.65
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	348.68	47.72	4.17
116	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	347.11	37.32	21.97
117	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	340.32	41.47	50.35
118	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	336.33	34.11	15.80
119	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	319.55	45.91	2.20
120	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	317.77	40.04	30.27
121	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	311.80	42.14	1.78
122	Panama`PAN`Central America	307.82	42.12	8.95
123	Peru`PER`South America	304.96	46.06	43.51
124	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	300.69	32.41	10.12
125	Venezuela`VEN`South America	297.80	38.11	135.13
126	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	293.56	63.48	4.19
127	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	289.94	41.96	8.15
128	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	289.13	80.44	1.84
129	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	289.08	39.24	6.32
130	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	286.90	40.26	281.46
131	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	275.60	27.45	12.46
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	266.82	37.11	12.99
133	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	263.64	36.36	0.88
134	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	262.50	37.50	0.16
135	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	257.48	30.90	71.26
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	256.88	42.32	7.49
137	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	256.17	33.43	13.94
138	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	240.22	30.60	6.34
139	Colombia`COL`South America	235.91	30.79	73.51
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	189.23	26.15	0.65
141	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	186.13	43.07	6.20
142	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	184.09	33.67	81.95
143	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	181.44	22.53	28.50
144	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	177.48	19.82	1.11
145	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	177.03	25.81	42.70
146	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	175.62	21.66	8.08
147	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	173.31	21.77	64.55
148	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	155.00	6.67	0.60
149	Uruguay`URY`South America	148.29	15.87	11.66
150	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	147.83	19.57	0.46
151	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	147.15	19.03	10.35
152	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	131.66	17.94	9.98
153	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	111.77	11.77	0.17
154	Belize`BLZ`Central America	105.41	5.41	0.37
155	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	103.24	11.78	10.19
156	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	81.97	6.61	13.92
157	France`FRA`Western Europe	76.28	9.30	576.75
158	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	68.78	6.34	2.05
159	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.52	4.44	1.35
160	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44.66	2.54	153.03
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	34.53	0.00	3.07
162	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.93	2.04	133.14
163	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	32.62	1.41	14.87
164	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.79	0.00	17.99
165	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	25.95	0.23	17.11
166	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	25.71	0.29	3.50
167	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	24.74	0.15	13.30
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.51	0.12	8.16
169	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.18	0.00	60.51
170	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.89	0.00	15.36
171	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.77	0.00	7.53
172	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.71	0.00	6.96
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.53	0.00	0.51
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.43	0.00	0.14

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.57
2Uzbekistan1,126.00
3Bahrain904.75
4Brunei902.73
5Mongolia880.28

Lowest

174Central African Republic21.43
173Lesotho23.53
172Albania23.71
171Bhutan23.77
170Laos23.89

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 508.77. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest36 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 74.24
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,420.96
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.26

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 174 in both
74 · 84rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Togo459.38 → 562.50+103.13
Angola207.77 → 289.94+82.17
Burundi33.33 → 111.77+78.43
Samoa427.27 → 500.00+72.73
Cameroon168.88 → 240.22+71.34

Fell most

Uruguay271.98 → 148.29−123.70
Equatorial Guinea742.59 → 620.00−122.59
Cambodia430.07 → 311.80−118.27
Montenegro500.35 → 386.29−114.06
Central African Republic127.78 → 21.43−106.35

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

163 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 660.00. 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 (2013). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2013

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