Data for 2014

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2014

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2014
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2014 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.57; Lesotho is lowest, at 23.08. The middle country reads 522.31. Against 2013, 159 values changed (84 up, 75 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2014

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.57

LowestLesotho

23.08

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

174countries
3measures per country
2014the 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.57	100.00	20.40
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,121.20	89.11	55.75
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.44	99.96	27.26
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.67	100.00	4.50
5	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	868.96	96.10	5.38
6	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	860.47	99.90	39.74
7	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	848.92	100.00	2.31
8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	844.09	87.46	158.35
9	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	779.67	99.97	37.73
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	755.56	97.78	0.45
11	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	748.14	76.02	5.38
12	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	723.50	99.87	7.66
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	705.55	98.42	60.86
14	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.00	0.01
15	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	695.75	75.62	5,781.27
16	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	686.56	98.34	21.06
17	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	683.85	67.02	33.44
18	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.93	100.00	9.41
19	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	677.10	94.44	24.63
20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	676.63	98.61	56.05
21	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	676.05	88.85	21.25
22	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	669.83	93.86	5.37
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	667.57	75.45	49.62
=24	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.67	100.00	0.03
=24	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	666.67	100.00	0.03
=24	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	666.67	100.00	0.03
=24	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	666.67	100.00	0.03
=28	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	660.00	100.00	0.15
=28	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	660.00	100.00	0.20
=28	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	660.00	100.00	0.05
=28	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	660.00	100.00	0.10
=28	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	660.00	100.00	0.20
=28	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	660.00	100.00	0.05
34	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	659.26	100.00	0.27
=35	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	658.82	100.00	0.34
=35	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	658.82	100.00	0.34
37	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	658.33	100.00	0.48
38	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	658.24	100.00	1.70
39	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	658.13	99.62	18.27
40	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	658.07	100.00	0.62
41	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	657.90	100.00	0.38
42	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	657.81	100.00	1.92
43	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	657.14	100.00	0.35
44	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	656.67	100.00	0.30
45	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	656.52	100.00	0.23
46	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	656.00	100.00	0.25
47	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	655.56	100.00	0.09
48	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	650.98	99.99	65.15
49	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	650.58	98.83	17.97
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	650.49	99.03	1.03
51	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	650.00	98.72	0.78
52	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	646.30	98.15	0.54
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	645.92	79.59	2.94
54	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	645.18	95.67	69.03
55	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	644.44	97.78	0.45
56	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	643.75	95.63	19.43
57	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	643.33	96.67	0.30
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	640.00	96.00	1.00
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	636.92	99.61	64.27
60	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	636.89	96.44	2.25
61	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	636.55	88.37	3.01
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	635.29	100.00	0.34
63	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	627.27	95.46	0.22
64	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	614.98	92.86	4.34
65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	614.59	90.91	4.18
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	614.29	92.86	0.14
67	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	602.91	91.26	1.03
68	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	602.55	99.72	38.80
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	601.88	90.14	4.26
70	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	596.71	88.84	12.45
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	593.52	89.87	17.28
72	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	586.36	88.64	0.88
73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	575.00	87.50	0.08
74	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	574.31	65.14	1.09
75	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	571.43	85.71	0.07
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	567.44	79.12	251.95
77	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	567.04	100.00	29.13
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	565.16	96.89	18.97
79	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	547.87	82.98	0.94
80	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	547.58	83.30	32.28
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	537.40	74.39	77.23
82	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	533.33	80.00	0.15
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	530.72	71.33	8.30
84	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	530.63	53.52	84.98
85	United States`USA`Northern America	529.46	67.19	4,096.01
86	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	523.30	78.64	1.03
87	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	523.26	79.07	0.43
88	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	521.36	84.58	102.10
89	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	515.39	76.92	0.13
90	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	507.34	99.17	34.74
91	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	506.88	97.20	49.30
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	501.51	59.80	1.99
93	Chile`CHL`South America	495.68	57.16	70.17
94	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	486.89	50.43	46.92
95	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	472.06	70.59	0.68
96	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	468.14	44.80	3.17
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	465.93	69.78	1.82
98	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	453.97	66.59	4.28
99	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	448.44	59.38	0.64
100	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	445.79	74.98	25.86
101	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	439.18	76.30	8.27
102	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	432.81	62.92	107.91
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	428.57	65.71	0.35
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	426.71	44.89	1.76
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	411.93	59.40	8.30
106	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	400.16	43.85	32.04
107	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	397.36	44.83	9.86
108	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	379.31	56.36	276.53
109	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	370.72	40.04	21.48
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	369.33	52.46	24.19
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	366.44	37.04	14.39
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	359.34	51.65	0.91
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	356.82	40.23	64.92
114	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	343.90	51.22	0.41
115	Venezuela`VEN`South America	341.49	44.13	115.23
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	336.77	46.19	4.46
117	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	335.47	47.09	1.72
118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	329.41	38.89	3.06
119	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	329.03	48.39	0.31
120	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	325.66	39.05	51.80
121	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	323.85	47.18	9.56
122	Panama`PAN`Central America	320.32	44.19	9.30
123	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	317.89	57.35	6.26
124	Peru`PER`South America	309.40	47.63	45.73
125	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	301.41	31.58	10.64
126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	300.10	36.00	29.39
127	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	293.33	39.84	6.30
128	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	293.23	41.83	2.51
129	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	288.99	38.94	274.44
130	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	287.44	79.06	1.91
131	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	285.10	59.08	3.69
132	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	283.10	40.85	0.71
133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	281.28	35.99	6.89
134	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	268.81	36.39	13.08
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	264.28	43.69	7.53
136	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	245.07	24.37	17.15
137	Colombia`COL`South America	236.77	30.91	70.46
138	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	226.58	25.99	13.43
139	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	226.55	26.78	68.10
140	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	203.89	45.53	5.14
141	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	189.90	35.52	71.20
142	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	188.15	23.59	9.20
143	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	172.84	19.87	27.13
144	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	162.58	21.56	11.41
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	153.33	20.00	0.15
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	152.08	4.17	0.48
147	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	150.61	18.44	61.55
148	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	148.63	20.90	42.92
149	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	143.05	19.83	10.29
150	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	141.67	18.75	0.48
151	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	138.89	16.67	0.18
152	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	136.21	13.79	1.16
153	Belize`BLZ`Central America	111.11	8.33	0.36
154	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	99.10	8.80	14.43
155	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	93.02	10.23	10.17
156	Uruguay`URY`South America	84.52	5.24	12.98
157	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	64.52	5.53	2.17
158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	56.04	2.79	3.23
159	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.19	6.32	566.31
160	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	42.63	2.82	14.52
161	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	40.23	1.91	153.56
162	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.89	2.09	140.88
163	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	32.98	0.99	16.16
164	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	32.20	1.34	16.40
165	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	28.11	0.65	1.53
166	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.81	0.00	17.80
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.37	0.11	8.74
168	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.36	0.02	55.43
169	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.95	0.00	3.80
170	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.78	0.00	7.15
171	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	23.74	0.00	15.12
172	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.73	0.00	4.72
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	23.53	0.00	0.17
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.08	0.00	0.52

02In 2014

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
2Uzbekistan1,121.20
3Bahrain904.44
4Brunei902.67
5Mongolia868.96

Lowest

174Lesotho23.08
173Central African Republic23.53
172Albania23.73
171Laos23.74
170Bhutan23.78

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 522.31. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest30 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 75.22
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,781.27
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.82

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
159values changed, of 174 in both
84 · 75rose · fell
15unchanged

Rose most

Suriname357.96 → 465.93+107.98
Fiji263.64 → 359.34+95.70
Guinea189.23 → 283.10+93.87
Myanmar275.60 → 366.44+90.83
Montenegro386.29 → 468.14+81.85

Fell most

Togo562.50 → 428.57−133.93
Sierra Leone262.50 → 153.33−109.17
Slovenia336.33 → 245.07−91.26
Faroe Islands417.24 → 329.03−88.21
Denmark472.55 → 400.16−72.39

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. 6 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 (2014). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2014

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