Data for 2019

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2019

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2019
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2019 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.53; Lesotho is lowest, at 23.08. The middle country reads 488.25. Against 2018, 160 values changed (65 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2019

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.53

LowestLesotho

23.08

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

174countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
171distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.53	100.00	22.50
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,119.29	89.82	63.56
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	904.23	99.94	33.11
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	898.38	100.00	4.93
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	854.58	99.60	2.51
6	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	812.25	90.06	6.94
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	810.17	99.97	34.63
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	776.67	99.57	36.94
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	771.62	84.40	163.22
10	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	721.22	71.49	36.86
11	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	701.19	77.17	5.87
12	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.00	0.01
13	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	696.77	96.51	22.32
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	694.03	97.02	0.67
15	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.20	99.89	9.20
16	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	675.24	98.60	85.11
17	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	674.36	96.19	19.15
18	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	668.83	95.64	115.21
19	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	668.01	93.50	5.69
20	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	667.98	93.10	25.95
21	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	664.26	86.19	3.33
22	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	662.50	100.00	0.08
23	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	660.00	100.00	0.10
24	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	658.70	100.00	0.46
25	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	658.33	100.00	0.24
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	658.21	100.00	2.01
27	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	658.18	100.00	0.55
28	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	657.69	100.00	0.26
29	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	656.56	72.24	3.89
=30	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	656.25	100.00	0.16
=30	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	656.25	100.00	0.16
32	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	655.56	100.00	0.09
33	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	654.55	100.00	0.11
34	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.00	100.00	0.04
35	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	649.61	99.87	75.04
36	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	648.49	98.49	0.66
37	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	642.86	97.62	0.42
=38	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	641.67	97.22	0.36
=38	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	641.67	97.22	0.72
40	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	641.59	95.70	20.70
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	640.00	96.52	1.15
42	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	635.80	96.30	0.81
43	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	634.15	95.17	72.71
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	633.02	96.23	1.06
45	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	632.85	98.93	81.61
46	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	630.44	95.65	0.23
47	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	630.29	95.43	1.75
48	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	625.71	94.29	0.35
49	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	625.48	94.81	21.59
50	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	624.32	94.60	0.37
51	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	621.99	68.84	7,471.53
52	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	621.36	78.33	3.23
53	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	615.79	92.98	0.57
54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	607.73	86.60	5.82
55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	602.64	99.74	50.00
56	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	601.85	98.15	0.54
57	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	600.00	90.91	0.11
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	599.20	79.21	106.03
59	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	597.86	67.86	1.40
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	596.70	89.90	5.15
61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	596.54	85.58	20.53
62	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	585.37	85.37	3.28
63	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	582.50	87.50	0.40
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	582.33	87.45	21.28
65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	573.33	86.67	0.15
66	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	571.43	85.71	0.07
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	571.34	87.28	4.64
68	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	567.90	85.19	0.81
69	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	566.50	99.85	38.89
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	564.90	96.87	22.02
71	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	564.29	85.71	0.14
72	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	563.75	83.75	1.60
73	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	556.60	83.96	1.06
74	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	547.48	82.83	0.99
75	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	540.91	81.82	0.44
76	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	516.91	89.86	2.07
77	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	511.43	71.88	7.61
78	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	506.13	97.21	54.14
79	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	505.87	76.66	36.46
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	503.47	52.98	85.72
81	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	501.19	73.81	0.84
=82	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	500.00	75.00	0.04
=82	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	500.00	75.00	0.04
84	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	498.76	97.43	40.46
85	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	497.43	73.60	4.28
86	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	496.96	66.42	47.95
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	489.64	56.20	300.18
88	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	486.85	53.60	23.88
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	478.11	63.84	10.37
90	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	475.36	71.01	0.69
91	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	469.45	63.07	134.97
92	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	469.43	70.06	1.57
93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	465.57	78.69	0.61
94	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	461.91	69.05	0.42
95	Chile`CHL`South America	458.04	53.79	83.98
96	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	456.27	43.73	3.43
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	454.66	61.54	2.47
98	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	444.44	66.67	0.09
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	443.66	53.52	2.84
100	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	440.72	51.44	8.67
101	United States`USA`Northern America	439.45	62.24	4,158.38
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	438.54	44.99	43.72
103	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	430.19	48.35	8.48
104	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	419.41	43.74	19.32
105	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	418.11	61.68	3.81
106	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	417.11	57.69	17.30
107	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	410.04	77.75	120.05
108	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	405.26	60.53	0.38
109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	400.00	58.82	0.17
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	382.46	66.89	10.66
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	363.62	36.14	12.70
112	Suriname`SUR`South America	356.86	52.45	2.04
113	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	351.28	60.06	289.99
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	350.58	36.52	31.24
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	342.59	47.09	10.66
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	337.19	66.80	7.77
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	331.88	43.01	4.58
118	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	329.26	38.89	58.76
119	Panama`PAN`Central America	324.91	47.25	11.64
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	324.71	49.41	0.85
121	Venezuela`VEN`South America	320.86	41.62	85.15
122	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	311.76	61.29	30.87
123	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	306.14	42.11	1.14
124	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	305.80	38.53	8.28
125	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	300.81	46.88	51.60
126	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	299.06	31.66	15.89
127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	265.81	38.77	34.28
128	Peru`PER`South America	256.76	39.46	56.87
129	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	254.99	36.25	16.22
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	253.17	36.10	2.05
131	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	248.33	40.72	7.49
132	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	246.69	41.10	270.52
133	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	242.61	33.99	12.65
134	Colombia`COL`South America	240.86	30.52	78.78
135	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	236.14	28.53	6.17
136	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	223.60	50.47	6.44
137	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	223.08	30.77	0.39
138	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	204.15	21.45	29.37
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	186.54	26.80	15.82
140	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	181.63	8.16	0.49
141	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	175.70	25.23	1.07
142	Ecuador`ECU`South America	171.74	22.22	32.45
143	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	171.56	26.05	3.34
144	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	171.49	18.74	68.61
145	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	171.18	22.26	28.21
146	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	167.71	23.95	11.86
147	Belize`BLZ`Central America	165.39	13.46	0.52
148	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	156.58	32.06	92.69
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	154.82	20.64	18.99
150	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	152.79	22.71	70.69
151	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	144.76	15.35	14.79
152	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	133.49	17.58	43.75
153	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	126.53	16.33	0.49
154	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	117.12	12.33	1.46
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	102.68	11.33	11.56
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	97.90	8.54	20.96
157	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	97.80	8.42	14.97
158	Uruguay`URY`South America	60.73	1.74	16.07
159	France`FRA`Western Europe	59.80	9.48	565.52
160	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	58.70	3.62	1.38
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	55.24	3.06	4.58
162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	55.00	5.00	0.20
163	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	53.89	3.89	1.80
164	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	42.37	1.99	168.42
165	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	33.46	2.06	133.83
166	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	31.96	0.88	11.42
167	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	28.05	0.00	19.36
168	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	26.67	0.00	0.15
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	24.51	0.09	11.79
170	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.30	0.00	49.59
171	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.07	0.00	6.15
172	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.85	0.00	5.20
173	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.82	0.00	8.65
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.08	0.00	0.39

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.53
2Uzbekistan1,119.29
3Bahrain904.23
4Brunei898.38
5Botswana854.58

Lowest

174Lesotho23.08
173Bhutan23.82
172Albania23.85
171Nepal24.07
170Paraguay24.30

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 488.25. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest15 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 68.94
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,471.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.69

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 174 in both
65 · 95rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Panama169.91 → 324.91+155.00
North Macedonia597.15 → 701.19+104.04
Cook Islands420.00 → 500.00+80.00
Cambodia362.71 → 440.72+78.00
Honduras275.18 → 342.59+67.41

Fell most

Sierra Leone237.04 → 55.00−182.04
Kiribati666.67 → 500.00−166.67
Denmark297.05 → 204.15−92.90
Malawi144.75 → 53.89−90.86
Estonia574.21 → 511.43−62.78

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

171 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 656.25. 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 (2019). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2019

0625 held

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