Data for 2018

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2018

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2018
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2018 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.55; Lesotho is lowest, at 23.08. The middle country reads 500.44. Against 2017, 161 values changed (66 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2018

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.55

LowestLesotho

23.08

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

174countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
169distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.55	100.000	25.36
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,139.24	90.641	63.15
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.43	99.966	29.55
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	902.09	100.000	4.30
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	854.34	99.678	3.11
6	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	844.14	93.303	6.57
7	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	809.01	87.240	169.43
8	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	806.58	99.971	34.18
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	790.40	99.590	36.57
10	Niger`NER`Western Africa	713.21	98.113	0.53
11	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	709.90	70.275	36.67
12	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.000	0.01
13	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	699.37	96.505	22.32
14	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	682.12	98.090	98.41
15	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.26	99.892	9.23
16	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	672.99	98.231	79.15
17	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	671.75	94.052	5.38
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	671.62	97.343	17.69
19	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	666.67	100.000	0.03
20	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	666.00	88.000	3.50
21	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	662.50	100.000	0.08
22	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	661.88	92.240	25.13
=23	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	660.00	100.000	0.10
=23	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	660.00	100.000	0.05
=23	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	660.00	100.000	0.10
=23	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	660.00	100.000	0.10
27	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	658.97	100.000	0.39
28	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	658.00	100.000	2.00
29	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	657.69	100.000	0.26
30	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	657.41	100.000	0.54
31	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	656.52	100.000	0.23
=32	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	656.25	100.000	0.16
=32	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	656.25	100.000	0.16
34	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	650.13	99.879	74.13
35	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.00	100.000	0.04
36	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	649.25	98.507	0.67
37	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	648.39	98.387	0.62
38	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	646.49	96.538	20.80
39	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	646.15	98.077	0.52
40	Guyana`GUY`South America	644.74	97.368	1.14
41	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	644.36	97.791	21.28
42	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	643.90	97.561	0.41
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	643.65	97.276	69.02
44	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	641.67	97.222	0.36
45	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	639.10	70.532	7,133.23
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	638.46	97.115	1.04
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	637.18	79.487	3.12
48	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	635.44	96.203	0.79
49	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	633.53	95.954	1.73
50	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	632.86	98.932	76.75
51	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	631.58	100.000	0.19
52	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	630.44	95.652	0.23
53	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	626.47	94.118	0.34
54	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	624.32	94.595	0.37
55	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	620.82	89.396	20.37
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	602.43	99.688	48.06
57	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	600.59	90.514	5.06
58	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	597.15	65.062	5.61
59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	595.34	85.830	4.94
60	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	594.07	67.407	1.35
61	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	592.86	64.935	3.08
62	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	589.69	86.246	3.49
63	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	579.49	87.179	0.39
64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	577.98	76.629	99.74
65	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	574.21	83.913	12.37
66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	573.33	86.667	0.15
67	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	572.73	85.561	1.87
=68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	571.43	85.714	0.42
=68	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	571.43	85.714	0.07
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	567.78	97.371	20.92
71	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	566.71	99.868	37.76
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	566.33	86.224	19.60
73	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	562.88	85.354	3.96
74	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	551.55	83.505	0.97
75	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	545.46	81.818	0.11
76	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	544.88	69.321	52.61
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	542.76	67.743	300.15
78	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	542.31	81.731	1.04
79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	532.70	54.687	86.84
80	Bolivia`BOL`South America	523.41	70.418	10.04
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	523.26	79.070	0.43
82	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	521.79	77.064	4.36
83	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	519.53	78.834	36.71
84	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	516.24	89.848	1.97
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	507.08	97.187	52.97
86	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	506.15	72.308	0.65
87	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	500.87	97.923	38.99
88	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.00	75.000	0.08
89	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	484.58	67.121	129.02
90	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	473.53	70.588	0.68
91	Chile`CHL`South America	471.86	54.134	81.76
92	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	468.49	69.863	1.46
93	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	467.11	80.203	113.10
94	United States`USA`Northern America	462.63	63.341	4,201.55
95	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	456.10	68.293	0.41
96	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	446.23	48.731	24.83
97	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	442.77	45.152	46.51
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	439.93	52.878	2.78
99	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	427.63	40.789	3.80
100	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	424.79	56.723	2.38
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	422.54	59.289	14.91
102	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	420.00	60.000	0.05
103	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	410.00	65.000	0.60
104	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	406.67	60.000	0.15
105	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	406.65	59.834	3.61
106	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	405.78	41.821	21.64
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	399.70	70.120	10.04
108	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	396.29	44.327	9.43
109	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	385.37	58.537	0.82
110	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	366.86	60.005	286.06
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	362.71	41.076	8.18
112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	362.37	66.688	31.04
113	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	358.85	49.597	58.35
114	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	348.57	51.429	0.35
115	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	347.98	41.361	64.07
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	345.01	68.263	7.31
117	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	340.08	33.887	13.25
118	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	336.20	34.922	34.42
119	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	323.07	41.101	8.54
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	321.05	46.842	1.90
121	Venezuela`VEN`South America	320.94	41.631	99.71
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	314.41	41.290	4.65
123	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	304.53	31.762	16.12
124	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	297.27	40.909	1.10
125	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	297.05	31.314	30.21
126	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	290.85	41.179	271.40
127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	284.03	39.158	32.05
128	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	280.43	40.244	16.40
129	Honduras`HND`Central America	275.18	37.178	9.71
130	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	270.09	44.532	7.59
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	262.89	37.629	1.94
132	Peru`PER`South America	252.75	38.869	54.62
133	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	237.04	33.333	0.27
134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	215.03	48.065	6.72
135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	211.43	28.571	0.35
136	Ecuador`ECU`South America	210.13	28.088	29.23
137	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	201.55	27.663	13.52
138	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	195.59	22.059	5.44
139	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	193.54	21.786	70.23
140	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	191.26	22.543	26.66
141	Colombia`COL`South America	187.52	23.667	78.21
142	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	186.77	38.053	73.87
143	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	184.38	29.167	0.96
144	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	180.48	24.658	2.92
145	Panama`PAN`Central America	169.91	22.232	11.20
146	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	158.97	17.094	1.17
147	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	157.88	22.592	64.67
148	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	154.41	20.548	13.14
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	146.99	15.356	16.28
150	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	146.15	19.231	0.52
151	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	144.75	18.232	1.81
152	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	139.67	18.203	17.14
153	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	138.78	4.082	0.49
154	Belize`BLZ`Central America	131.71	7.317	0.41
155	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	129.32	17.525	12.04
156	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	123.58	16.602	43.73
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	119.47	13.717	11.30
158	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	95.01	8.166	15.43
159	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	87.59	6.839	19.74
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	82.33	7.209	4.30
161	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.45	2.464	14.61
162	France`FRA`Western Europe	59.94	8.581	576.24
163	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	42.78	2.240	163.36
164	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	39.01	1.418	1.41
165	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	34.62	1.399	11.44
166	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.15	1.980	145.94
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.98	0.000	19.69
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	26.67	0.000	0.15
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.57	0.096	10.46
170	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.18	0.000	59.34
171	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.17	0.000	4.84
172	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.80	0.000	6.89
173	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.74	0.000	8.55
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.08	0.000	0.52

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.55
2Uzbekistan1,139.24
3Bahrain904.43
4Brunei902.09
5Botswana854.34

Lowest

174Lesotho23.08
173Albania23.74
172Bhutan23.80
171Nepal24.17
170Paraguay24.18

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 500.44. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest18 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 68.807
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,133.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.81

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
161values changed, of 174 in both
66 · 95rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Malawi29.32 → 144.75+115.43
Latvia141.17 → 215.03+73.86
Republic of the Congo541.95 → 592.86+50.91
Guinea217.51 → 262.89+45.37
Uzbekistan1,096.91 → 1,139.24+42.33

Fell most

Liberia657.14 → 456.10−201.05
Vanuatu650.00 → 500.00−150.00
Cambodia505.43 → 362.71−142.72
Montenegro566.94 → 427.63−139.30
North Macedonia704.82 → 597.15−107.67

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

169 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 (2018). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2018

0625 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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