Data for 2021

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2021

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2021
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2021 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.09; Bhutan is lowest, at 23.75. The middle country reads 468.96. Against 2020, 160 values changed (76 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2021

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.09

LowestBhutan

23.75

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

174countries
3measures per country
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.09	99.965	28.40
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,150.52	92.973	71.44
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	903.72	99.882	33.91
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	894.21	100.000	5.70
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	847.39	99.598	2.49
6	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	831.36	99.971	34.79
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	802.02	88.844	7.44
8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	756.36	82.907	178.79
9	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.000	0.01
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	692.17	96.131	21.71
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	691.63	99.282	36.22
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	688.73	97.183	0.71
13	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.23	99.892	9.27
14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	679.04	98.589	95.65
15	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	677.67	96.904	120.46
16	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	676.61	94.530	27.79
17	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	669.10	73.723	4.11
18	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	666.67	93.393	6.66
19	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	666.26	66.498	37.46
20	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	666.06	95.351	19.36
21	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	662.50	100.000	0.08
22	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	661.54	100.000	0.13
23	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	660.00	100.000	0.10
=24	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	658.82	100.000	0.17
=24	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	658.82	100.000	0.17
26	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	658.00	100.000	0.50
27	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	657.69	100.000	0.26
28	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	656.52	100.000	0.23
29	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	654.90	99.510	2.04
30	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.00	100.000	0.04
31	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	649.58	99.740	80.80
32	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	647.37	98.246	0.57
33	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	642.50	97.500	0.40
34	Guyana`GUY`South America	641.23	96.491	1.14
35	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	640.00	97.143	0.70
36	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	639.39	96.970	0.66
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	639.15	95.569	17.83
38	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	633.60	99.054	85.60
39	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	632.56	95.349	0.43
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	630.77	78.595	2.99
41	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	629.89	95.402	1.74
42	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	627.27	95.455	0.22
43	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	622.86	94.286	0.35
44	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	621.43	94.048	0.84
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	610.38	92.453	1.06
46	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	606.42	77.865	105.76
47	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	602.53	99.710	51.79
48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	602.33	67.114	8,495.85
49	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	600.39	90.716	10.34
50	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	600.00	90.909	0.11
51	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	598.28	77.663	2.91
52	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	596.37	92.148	74.12
53	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	592.11	89.474	0.38
54	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	591.61	67.133	1.43
55	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	590.75	82.877	2.92
56	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	587.61	98.230	1.13
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	585.71	88.095	0.42
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	577.67	87.379	1.03
59	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	576.67	86.667	0.60
60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	571.43	85.714	0.07
61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	565.23	84.766	5.12
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	564.98	96.895	21.90
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	564.92	70.163	5.53
=64	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	564.29	85.714	0.14
=64	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	564.29	85.714	0.14
66	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	559.10	98.293	41.00
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	558.61	82.221	21.43
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	557.24	86.667	4.35
69	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	554.39	81.871	1.71
70	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	549.00	83.000	1.00
71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	546.40	79.730	6.66
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	540.03	77.013	21.36
73	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	537.21	81.395	0.43
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	522.86	79.337	39.20
75	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	509.89	75.824	0.91
76	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	509.49	75.276	4.53
77	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	506.76	87.838	2.22
78	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	506.27	97.096	55.79
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	501.83	64.600	327.88
=80	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	500.00	75.000	0.04
=80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.00	75.000	0.08
82	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	487.35	66.798	2.53
83	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	484.13	50.651	19.98
84	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	478.58	65.217	22.08
85	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	478.48	71.519	1.58
86	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	477.27	71.212	0.66
87	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	471.68	50.550	83.66
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	466.24	61.546	10.87
89	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	466.20	77.465	0.71
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	453.14	61.104	148.32
91	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	450.35	60.083	7.19
92	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	442.11	65.789	0.38
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	440.20	53.378	2.96
94	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	434.00	58.000	0.50
95	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	433.19	82.909	41.25
96	Chile`CHL`South America	432.29	51.112	88.10
97	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	432.07	76.123	11.35
98	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	430.00	65.000	0.20
99	United States`USA`Northern America	423.78	60.487	4,153.62
100	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	415.33	43.244	47.22
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	414.47	60.914	3.94
102	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	409.30	60.465	0.43
103	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	401.33	38.196	3.77
104	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	383.06	59.200	54.24
105	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	376.47	52.941	0.17
106	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	356.85	41.298	9.71
107	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	352.08	62.949	31.74
108	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	351.92	63.380	120.89
109	Suriname`SUR`South America	351.68	51.675	2.09
110	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	350.00	50.000	0.04
111	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	342.33	36.676	25.63
112	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	339.10	59.253	285.49
113	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	320.23	63.121	8.65
114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	298.10	37.099	8.41
115	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	290.22	35.758	58.56
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	286.10	26.503	15.47
117	Honduras`HND`Central America	285.16	38.579	11.12
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	281.13	37.736	1.06
119	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	278.00	41.000	1.00
120	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	270.60	29.288	8.57
121	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	268.70	28.480	15.59
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	266.84	43.782	7.72
123	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	261.86	37.345	17.70
124	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	260.51	26.459	44.90
125	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	260.33	30.879	4.21
126	Peru`PER`South America	250.76	38.428	56.99
127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	238.53	36.565	36.10
128	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	223.08	30.769	0.39
129	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	223.06	20.717	32.92
130	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	220.47	39.070	4.30
131	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	210.67	35.920	49.22
132	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	210.39	30.311	15.11
133	Colombia`COL`South America	195.84	24.929	84.36
134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	194.78	26.923	3.64
135	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	193.55	32.665	270.75
136	Belize`BLZ`Central America	186.11	13.889	0.36
137	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	176.07	36.410	5.85
138	Venezuela`VEN`South America	174.27	20.765	82.93
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	172.76	24.570	16.85
140	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	167.24	24.242	29.70
141	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	163.42	19.512	1.23
142	Panama`PAN`Central America	160.78	21.635	12.11
143	Uruguay`URY`South America	150.59	15.385	15.99
144	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	150.40	14.399	15.14
145	Ecuador`ECU`South America	149.10	18.804	32.12
146	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	145.13	13.963	7.09
147	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	145.12	18.278	43.55
148	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	136.95	18.829	12.64
149	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	135.72	14.325	72.11
150	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	135.38	20.879	66.67
151	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	135.29	3.922	0.51
152	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	132.08	17.020	18.86
153	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	131.82	26.479	99.40
154	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	123.53	15.686	0.51
155	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	110.96	9.942	20.72
156	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	110.38	12.264	1.06
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	95.88	10.178	12.38
158	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	90.29	8.014	17.72
159	France`FRA`Western Europe	59.80	8.877	550.31
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.83	4.372	1.83
161	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	55.00	5.000	0.20
162	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	53.51	2.467	5.27
163	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.98	2.649	1.51
164	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	41.69	1.781	171.78
165	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.90	0.000	19.39
166	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	26.90	0.681	157.13
167	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	26.67	0.000	0.15
168	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	26.55	0.000	12.73
169	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	25.65	0.000	14.19
170	Paraguay`PRY`South America	25.02	0.000	40.84
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.53	0.000	0.53
172	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.99	0.000	9.63
173	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.83	0.000	8.94
174	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.75	0.000	10.82

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.09
2Uzbekistan1,150.52
3Bahrain903.72
4Brunei894.21
5Botswana847.39

Lowest

174Bhutan23.75
173Albania23.83
172Nepal23.99
171Lesotho24.53
170Paraguay25.02

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 468.96. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest11 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 65.503
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,495.85
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.58

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 174 in both
76 · 84rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar421.30 → 487.35+66.06
Ireland291.39 → 352.08+60.69
Uruguay94.62 → 150.59+55.97
Vanuatu444.44 → 500.00+55.56
Estonia404.44 → 450.35+45.91

Fell most

Djibouti661.54 → 430.00−231.54
Cook Islands500.00 → 350.00−150.00
Zimbabwe371.09 → 270.60−100.49
Montenegro496.17 → 401.33−94.84
North Korea424.90 → 342.33−82.56

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 658.82. 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 (2021). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2021

0625 held

Other years

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

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