Data for 2018

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2018

Figures for 2018, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2018 covers 203 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.55; Lesotho is lowest, at 23.08. The middle country reads 516.24. Against 2017, 190 values changed (75 up, 115 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. A higher value is the worse result.

203countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
198distinct values3 decimals, as published
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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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1	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1,306.55	100.000	25.36
2	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	1,139.24	90.641	63.15
3	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	960.24	94.924	5.91
4	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	904.43	99.966	29.55
5	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	902.09	100.000	4.30
6	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	854.34	99.678	3.11
7	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	844.14	93.303	6.57
8	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	841.10	89.830	107.28
9	PolandPOLEastern Europe	809.01	87.240	169.43
10	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	806.58	99.971	34.18
11	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	790.40	99.590	36.57
12	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	774.65	90.613	256.30
13	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	738.06	81.222	1,571.65
14	NigerNERWestern Africa	713.21	98.113	0.53
15	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	709.90	70.275	36.67
16	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	702.87	99.957	374.77
17	MontserratMSRCaribbean	700.00	100.000	0.01
18	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	699.37	96.505	22.32
19	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	688.54	81.156	262.63
20	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	687.59	82.410	359.71
21	IraqIRQWestern Asia	682.12	98.090	98.41
22	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	681.26	99.892	9.23
23	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	672.99	98.231	79.15
24	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	672.50	86.012	275.53
25	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	671.75	94.052	5.38
26	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	671.62	97.343	17.69
27	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	671.19	99.118	136.01
28	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	666.67	100.000	0.03
29	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	666.00	88.000	3.50
30	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	662.50	100.000	0.08
31	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	661.88	92.240	25.13
32	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	660.88	65.653	19.07
=33	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	660.00	100.000	0.10
=33	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	660.00	100.000	0.05
=33	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	660.00	100.000	0.10
=33	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	660.00	100.000	0.10
37	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	658.97	100.000	0.39
38	BahamasBHSCaribbean	658.00	100.000	2.00
39	IranIRNSouthern Asia	657.89	94.327	312.35
40	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	657.69	100.000	0.26
41	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	657.41	100.000	0.54
42	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	656.52	100.000	0.23
=43	American SamoaASMPolynesia	656.25	100.000	0.16
=43	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	656.25	100.000	0.16
45	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	650.13	99.879	74.13
46	NauruNRUMicronesia	650.00	100.000	0.04
47	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	649.25	98.507	0.67
48	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	648.39	98.387	0.62
49	CubaCUBCaribbean	646.49	96.538	20.80
50	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	646.15	98.077	0.52
51	GuyanaGUYSouth America	644.74	97.368	1.14
52	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	644.36	97.791	21.28
53	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	643.90	97.561	0.41
54	IsraelISRWestern Asia	643.65	97.276	69.02
55	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	641.67	97.222	0.36
56	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	639.10	70.532	7,133.23
57	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	638.46	97.115	1.04
58	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	637.18	79.487	3.12
59	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	635.44	96.203	0.79
60	GuamGUMMicronesia	633.53	95.954	1.73
61	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	632.86	98.932	76.75
62	BeninBENWestern Africa	631.58	100.000	0.19
63	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	630.44	95.652	0.23
64	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	630.28	83.405	170.58
65	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	626.47	94.118	0.34
66	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	624.32	94.595	0.37
67	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	621.35	80.179	34.56
68	JordanJORWestern Asia	620.82	89.396	20.37
69	QatarQATWestern Asia	602.43	99.688	48.06
70	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	600.59	90.514	5.06
71	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	597.15	65.062	5.61
72	SenegalSENWestern Africa	595.34	85.830	4.94
73	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	594.07	67.407	1.35
74	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	592.86	64.935	3.08
75	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	592.38	91.745	199.39
76	YemenYEMWestern Asia	589.69	86.246	3.49
77	EritreaERIEastern Africa	579.49	87.179	0.39
78	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	577.98	76.629	99.74
79	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	574.21	83.913	12.37
80	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	573.33	86.667	0.15
81	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	572.73	85.561	1.87
=82	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	571.43	85.714	0.42
=82	TongaTONPolynesia	571.43	85.714	0.07
84	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	568.65	85.644	177.76
85	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	567.78	97.371	20.92
86	OmanOMNWestern Asia	566.71	99.868	37.76
87	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	566.33	86.224	19.60
88	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	562.88	85.354	3.96
89	ArubaABWCaribbean	551.55	83.505	0.97
90	DominicaDMACaribbean	545.46	81.818	0.11
91	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	544.88	69.321	52.61
92	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	542.76	67.743	300.15
93	HaitiHTICaribbean	542.31	81.731	1.04
94	JapanJPNEastern Asia	541.57	79.274	1,082.93
95	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	532.70	54.687	86.84
96	MexicoMEXCentral America	523.90	80.306	349.29
97	BoliviaBOLSouth America	523.41	70.418	10.04
98	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	523.26	79.070	0.43
99	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	521.79	77.064	4.36
100	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	519.53	78.834	36.71
101	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	518.83	72.794	592.91
102	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	516.24	89.848	1.97
103	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	507.08	97.187	52.97
104	MacauMACEastern Asia	506.15	72.308	0.65
105	BelarusBLREastern Europe	500.87	97.923	38.99
106	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	500.00	75.000	0.08
107	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	485.60	61.286	217.18
108	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	484.58	67.121	129.02
109	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	473.53	70.588	0.68
110	ChileCHLSouth America	471.86	54.134	81.76
111	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	468.49	69.863	1.46
112	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	467.11	80.203	113.10
113	United StatesUSANorthern America	462.63	63.341	4,201.55
114	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	456.10	68.293	0.41
115	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	454.52	52.722	632.28
116	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	448.72	56.129	16.07
117	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	446.23	48.731	24.83
118	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	442.77	45.152	46.51
119	GabonGABMiddle Africa	439.93	52.878	2.78
120	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	439.42	64.246	1,109.19
121	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	427.63	40.789	3.80
122	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	424.79	56.723	2.38
123	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	422.54	59.289	14.91
124	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	420.00	60.000	0.05
125	ArgentinaARGSouth America	414.23	71.324	146.78
126	TogoTGOWestern Africa	410.00	65.000	0.60
127	SamoaWSMPolynesia	406.67	60.000	0.15
128	MaliMLIWestern Africa	406.65	59.834	3.61
129	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	405.78	41.821	21.64
130	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	399.70	70.120	10.04
131	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	396.29	44.327	9.43
132	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	385.37	58.537	0.82
133	ItalyITASouthern Europe	366.86	60.005	286.06
134	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	362.71	41.076	8.18
135	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	362.37	66.688	31.04
136	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	358.85	49.597	58.35
137	UkraineUKREastern Europe	349.35	39.053	159.86
138	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	348.57	51.429	0.35
139	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	347.98	41.361	64.07
140	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	345.01	68.263	7.31
141	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	340.08	33.887	13.25
142	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	336.20	34.922	34.42
143	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	323.07	41.101	8.54
144	SurinameSURSouth America	321.05	46.842	1.90
145	VenezuelaVENSouth America	320.94	41.631	99.71
146	NicaraguaNICCentral America	314.41	41.290	4.65
147	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	304.53	31.762	16.12
148	FijiFJIMelanesia	297.27	40.909	1.10
149	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	297.05	31.314	30.21
150	SpainESPSouthern Europe	290.85	41.179	271.40
151	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	285.70	47.507	333.76
152	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	284.03	39.158	32.05
153	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	280.43	40.244	16.40
154	HondurasHNDCentral America	275.18	37.178	9.71
155	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	270.09	44.532	7.59
156	GuineaGINWestern Africa	262.89	37.629	1.94
157	PeruPERSouth America	252.75	38.869	54.62
158	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	237.04	33.333	0.27
159	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	215.03	48.065	6.72
160	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	211.43	28.571	0.35
161	EcuadorECUSouth America	210.13	28.088	29.23
162	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	201.55	27.663	13.52
163	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	195.59	22.059	5.44
164	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	193.54	21.786	70.23
165	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	191.26	22.543	26.66
166	ColombiaCOLSouth America	187.52	23.667	78.21
167	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	186.77	38.053	73.87
168	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	184.38	29.167	0.96
169	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	180.48	24.658	2.92
170	CanadaCANNorthern America	170.92	19.325	661.20
171	PanamaPANCentral America	169.91	22.232	11.20
172	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	158.97	17.094	1.17
173	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	157.88	22.592	64.67
174	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	154.41	20.548	13.14
175	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	146.99	15.356	16.28
176	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	146.15	19.231	0.52
177	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	144.75	18.232	1.81
178	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	139.67	18.203	17.14
179	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	138.78	4.082	0.49
180	BrazilBRASouth America	136.96	15.037	601.39
181	BelizeBLZCentral America	131.71	7.317	0.41
182	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	129.32	17.525	12.04
183	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	123.58	16.602	43.73
184	KenyaKENEastern Africa	119.47	13.717	11.30
185	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	95.01	8.166	15.43
186	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	87.59	6.839	19.74
187	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	82.33	7.209	4.30
188	UruguayURYSouth America	68.45	2.464	14.61
189	FranceFRAWestern Europe	59.94	8.581	576.24
190	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	42.78	2.240	163.36
191	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	39.01	1.418	1.41
192	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	36.25	2.866	66.29
193	Costa RicaCRICentral America	34.62	1.399	11.44
194	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	33.15	1.980	145.94
195	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	27.98	0.000	19.69
196	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	26.67	0.000	0.15
197	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	24.57	0.096	10.46
198	ParaguayPRYSouth America	24.18	0.000	59.34
199	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	24.17	0.000	4.84
200	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	23.80	0.000	6.89
201	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	23.74	0.000	8.55
202	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	23.68	0.000	14.23
203	LesothoLSOSouthern 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
3Kosovo960.24
4Bahrain904.43
5Brunei902.09

Lowest

203Lesotho23.08
202Ethiopia23.68
201Albania23.74
200Bhutan23.80
199Nepal24.17

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 516.24. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest18 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 70.275
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,133.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 11.30

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
190values changed, of 203 in both
75 · 115rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Malawi29.32 → 144.75+115.43
Latvia141.17 → 215.03+73.86
Vietnam432.63 → 485.60+52.97
Republic of the Congo541.95 → 592.86+50.91
Guinea217.51 → 262.89+45.37

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.

The site’s method

198 distinct values among 203
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 660.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Which end is better
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 203 countries has every column.

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

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