Data for 2016

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2016

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2016
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2016 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.57; Lesotho is lowest, at 23.08. The middle country reads 521.85. Against 2015, 167 values changed (81 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2016

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
2016the year it describes
166distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.57	100.000	22.53
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,114.19	88.315	58.71
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.45	99.965	28.52
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.11	100.000	4.27
5	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	867.73	95.591	5.67
6	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	856.88	100.000	2.69
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	822.44	99.968	31.42
8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	818.54	86.259	166.00
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	815.22	99.633	38.12
10	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	729.58	71.873	38.61
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	711.43	98.571	0.70
12	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	704.02	94.717	18.17
13	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.000	0.01
14	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	694.18	96.674	4.81
15	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	683.76	95.897	5.85
16	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	683.53	98.110	20.64
17	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.32	99.894	9.42
18	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	673.25	90.764	3.14
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	672.60	98.205	69.09
=20	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	666.67	100.000	0.03
=20	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	666.67	100.000	0.03
=20	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	666.67	100.000	0.03
23	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	662.50	100.000	0.08
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	662.23	97.463	67.01
25	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	660.00	100.000	0.10
26	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	659.89	95.628	19.67
27	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	659.26	100.000	0.27
=28	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	659.09	100.000	0.22
=28	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	659.09	100.000	0.22
30	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	658.97	100.000	0.39
=31	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	658.82	100.000	0.17
=31	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	658.82	100.000	0.34
33	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	658.21	100.000	0.67
34	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	657.87	100.000	1.97
35	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	657.69	100.000	0.52
=36	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	656.67	100.000	0.30
=36	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	656.67	100.000	0.30
38	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	656.00	100.000	0.25
=39	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	655.56	100.000	0.27
=39	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	655.56	100.000	0.09
41	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	653.31	71.799	6,102.38
42	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	651.67	91.590	24.85
43	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	650.65	98.701	0.77
44	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	650.06	99.971	70.10
=45	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	650.00	100.000	0.06
=45	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	650.00	100.000	0.06
47	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	649.25	98.507	0.67
48	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	648.47	95.813	81.93
49	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	646.00	98.000	0.50
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	644.76	98.095	1.05
51	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	644.00	97.785	19.41
52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	643.50	95.572	20.55
53	Guyana`GUY`South America	641.82	96.364	1.10
54	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	641.67	97.222	0.36
55	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	636.47	99.521	71.04
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	634.75	78.033	3.05
57	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	633.33	95.977	1.74
58	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	630.44	95.652	0.23
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	625.11	91.004	4.78
60	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	622.58	93.548	0.31
61	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	616.67	93.519	1.08
62	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	611.32	92.453	0.53
63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	604.29	91.207	4.89
64	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	602.45	99.694	42.44
65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	600.00	90.909	0.11
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	592.36	63.233	5.63
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	590.10	88.924	18.78
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	588.20	87.751	4.49
69	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	587.76	86.935	12.17
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	587.31	79.247	9.30
71	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	585.71	66.429	1.40
72	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	581.25	87.500	0.16
73	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	573.76	59.159	82.00
74	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	571.43	85.714	0.07
75	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	571.42	72.344	53.84
76	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	568.69	79.798	0.99
77	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	567.16	100.000	34.23
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	563.53	96.791	19.63
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	562.49	75.790	90.79
80	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	561.70	85.106	0.94
81	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	560.47	83.721	0.86
=82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	555.56	83.838	0.99
=82	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	555.56	61.279	2.97
84	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	528.89	80.000	0.45
85	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	526.94	62.100	2.19
86	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	524.62	83.556	113.96
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	523.49	67.114	274.40
88	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	520.21	78.723	0.94
89	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	511.33	77.531	36.54
90	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	506.73	97.092	51.59
91	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	506.29	98.719	33.57
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	500.00	75.000	0.16
93	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	499.14	75.000	1.16
94	Chile`CHL`South America	498.07	57.110	78.83
95	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	488.29	55.091	7.17
96	United States`USA`Northern America	483.39	65.001	4,087.56
97	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	477.99	70.231	4.77
98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	474.19	83.578	10.23
99	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	471.70	48.754	44.53
100	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	463.24	69.118	0.68
101	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	456.97	66.404	122.90
102	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	447.08	52.372	5.48
103	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	446.67	66.667	0.15
104	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	442.44	74.884	30.30
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	439.57	44.812	18.12
106	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	434.40	41.401	3.14
107	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	425.91	46.619	23.81
108	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	410.48	57.783	13.17
109	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	389.54	62.228	285.95
110	Suriname`SUR`South America	380.22	56.044	1.82
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	372.09	38.196	11.86
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	370.86	51.935	9.30
113	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	361.58	51.579	1.90
114	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	360.72	39.507	30.40
115	Venezuela`VEN`South America	356.70	46.075	116.94
116	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	348.39	51.613	0.31
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	348.15	47.712	4.59
118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	345.41	40.424	64.22
119	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	343.86	45.301	59.05
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	334.38	50.000	0.64
121	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	332.45	48.013	3.02
122	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	328.01	63.783	6.82
123	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	326.25	33.580	16.23
124	Peru`PER`South America	320.94	49.603	51.63
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	314.74	45.263	0.95
126	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	307.31	40.584	6.16
127	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	303.09	43.789	14.57
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	302.90	31.228	25.49
129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	299.78	39.460	31.88
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	299.72	38.397	7.11
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	288.73	40.022	27.16
132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	287.52	41.439	10.98
133	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	282.97	39.690	270.70
134	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	276.27	33.651	12.60
135	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	266.67	38.095	0.21
136	Colombia`COL`South America	259.59	34.384	76.17
137	Panama`PAN`Central America	248.07	33.364	10.88
138	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	234.99	42.149	3.63
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	224.85	31.677	1.61
140	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	222.82	36.338	7.10
141	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	216.46	41.772	0.79
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	211.11	8.333	0.36
143	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	204.52	45.794	6.42
144	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	199.65	22.022	68.75
145	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	177.28	20.149	26.80
146	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	158.77	31.479	84.31
147	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	154.73	21.258	64.87
148	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	141.51	19.495	11.49
149	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	140.00	13.460	13.15
150	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	132.61	17.285	18.86
151	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	129.17	16.667	0.48
152	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	122.31	12.397	1.21
153	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	114.79	15.666	43.15
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	108.99	10.744	9.68
155	Belize`BLZ`Central America	107.90	5.263	0.38
156	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	105.56	11.111	0.18
157	Uruguay`URY`South America	74.69	3.172	13.87
158	France`FRA`Western Europe	68.60	10.135	558.84
159	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	66.98	6.047	2.15
160	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	66.78	5.692	11.77
161	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.43	4.054	1.48
162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	56.79	3.538	17.24
163	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	54.11	1.857	3.77
164	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	43.06	2.348	155.89
165	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	38.49	1.750	10.86
166	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.15	1.946	148.03
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.63	0.000	18.17
168	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.50	0.111	9.02
169	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.27	0.000	63.94
170	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.92	0.000	4.18
171	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.78	0.000	7.78
172	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.73	0.000	7.88
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	23.53	0.000	0.17
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.08	0.000	0.52

02In 2016

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
2Uzbekistan1,114.19
3Bahrain904.45
4Brunei902.11
5Mongolia867.73

Lowest

174Lesotho23.08
173Central African Republic23.53
172Bhutan23.73
171Albania23.78
170Nepal23.92

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 521.85. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest26 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 72.108
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,102.38
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.29

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
167values changed, of 174 in both
81 · 86rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Laos148.76 → 302.90+154.14
Sierra Leone181.25 → 266.67+85.42
Faroe Islands278.13 → 348.39+70.26
Zimbabwe420.02 → 488.29+68.26
Guinea157.90 → 224.85+66.95

Fell most

Suriname491.94 → 380.22−111.71
Montenegro523.00 → 434.40−88.61
Dominica573.33 → 500.00−73.33
Portugal413.92 → 343.86−70.06
Lithuania293.85 → 234.99−58.87

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

166 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 666.67. 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 (2016). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2016

0625 held

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