Data for 2022

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2022

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2022
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2022 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.17; Central African Republic is lowest, at 21.43. The middle country reads 476.25. Against 2021, 158 values changed (69 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2022

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.17

LowestCentral African Republic

21.43

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

174countries
3measures per country
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.17	99.969	32.60
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,121.38	90.782	75.07
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	902.83	99.776	35.68
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	893.75	100.000	5.60
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	846.88	99.609	2.56
6	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	830.36	99.972	35.11
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	814.07	90.194	7.75
8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	732.51	78.897	178.60
9	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	711.11	71.814	34.84
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	706.87	78.182	4.95
11	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.000	0.01
12	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	688.67	97.736	133.86
13	Niger`NER`Western Africa	683.54	97.468	0.79
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	682.22	99.086	36.10
15	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	682.17	95.618	20.08
16	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.26	99.895	9.50
17	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	676.45	98.445	102.25
18	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	671.60	93.642	28.94
19	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	662.50	100.000	0.08
20	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	661.26	94.623	19.90
=21	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	658.82	100.000	0.17
=21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	658.82	100.000	0.51
23	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	658.33	100.000	0.24
24	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	657.69	100.000	0.26
25	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	657.14	100.000	0.14
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	652.20	99.024	2.05
27	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.00	100.000	0.04
28	Guyana`GUY`South America	646.09	97.656	1.28
29	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	645.10	98.039	0.51
30	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	645.03	90.432	5.33
31	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	642.50	97.500	0.40
32	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	640.70	95.719	15.65
33	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	640.00	97.143	0.70
34	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	639.71	97.059	0.68
35	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	636.82	97.772	85.29
36	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	633.63	99.060	91.47
37	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	630.77	94.872	0.39
38	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	627.27	95.455	0.22
39	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	626.43	72.896	5.94
40	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	625.00	94.444	0.36
41	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	622.22	94.444	0.18
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	616.35	80.449	3.12
43	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	615.29	92.941	0.85
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	611.01	92.661	1.09
45	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	610.56	92.222	1.80
46	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	609.14	77.840	111.55
47	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	600.66	68.212	1.51
48	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	600.00	90.909	0.11
49	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	596.77	98.685	54.75
50	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	589.97	65.676	8,800.42
51	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	589.90	97.980	0.99
52	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	588.89	88.889	0.09
53	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	588.64	88.636	0.44
54	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	587.50	87.500	0.08
55	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	585.81	83.168	3.03
56	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	583.47	90.282	76.87
57	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	580.11	81.552	22.17
=58	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	573.33	86.667	0.15
=58	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	573.33	86.667	0.15
60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	572.19	84.615	1.69
61	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	569.36	85.484	0.62
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	569.26	73.786	3.09
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	565.53	96.964	21.41
64	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	563.87	59.140	23.25
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	561.92	87.082	4.49
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	556.27	83.270	5.26
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	551.26	80.307	7.16
68	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	549.00	83.000	1.00
69	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	545.09	95.519	42.40
70	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	540.48	80.952	0.42
71	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	539.21	76.872	22.57
72	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	538.61	81.188	1.01
73	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	532.46	78.867	4.59
74	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	504.27	95.907	56.92
75	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	502.61	86.957	2.30
=76	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	500.00	75.000	0.04
=76	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.00	75.000	0.08
78	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	497.45	75.289	38.00
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	489.17	58.089	320.56
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	488.43	50.090	83.73
81	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	487.47	68.009	8.94
82	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	486.71	46.828	3.31
83	Bolivia`BOL`South America	485.86	64.267	11.67
84	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	485.37	72.561	1.64
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	482.00	72.000	0.50
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	478.89	80.000	0.90
87	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	476.37	48.111	50.28
88	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	476.14	64.773	2.64
89	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	469.77	63.953	23.22
90	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	454.90	66.667	1.02
91	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	446.15	66.667	0.39
92	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	445.07	66.197	0.71
93	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	439.03	84.024	37.18
94	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	438.78	59.184	0.49
95	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	430.00	65.000	0.20
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	426.96	52.038	3.19
97	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	413.32	72.641	12.61
98	United States`USA`Northern America	410.39	59.652	4,286.89
99	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	401.20	53.858	152.01
100	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	393.75	56.250	0.16
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	390.09	57.143	4.34
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	377.85	64.143	280.17
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	377.35	54.462	4.37
104	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	377.07	56.551	51.67
105	Suriname`SUR`South America	375.83	55.450	2.11
106	Chile`CHL`South America	373.89	44.673	91.04
107	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	364.58	54.167	0.48
108	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	350.00	50.000	0.04
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	348.75	69.647	9.62
110	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	344.03	36.911	26.55
111	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	330.78	60.787	33.79
112	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	325.70	56.435	119.96
113	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	300.20	34.554	10.10
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	298.66	32.662	8.94
115	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	297.77	36.591	54.74
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	296.29	40.335	11.33
117	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	291.20	35.880	4.32
118	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	289.42	42.308	1.04
119	Peru`PER`South America	287.70	44.758	59.90
120	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	281.47	35.092	8.15
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	280.37	39.252	1.07
122	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	257.64	27.545	13.36
123	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	245.11	36.525	14.10
124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	241.30	39.271	9.88
125	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	237.27	23.864	51.04
126	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	229.01	34.405	35.78
127	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	225.04	40.406	46.33
128	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	223.08	30.769	0.39
129	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	217.12	36.793	287.15
130	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	204.35	28.248	16.78
131	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	203.84	19.141	35.16
132	Colombia`COL`South America	202.14	25.646	82.86
133	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	191.47	15.356	13.48
134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	185.75	25.500	4.00
135	Ecuador`ECU`South America	181.40	23.987	33.06
136	Venezuela`VEN`South America	180.46	21.637	82.36
137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	180.20	25.248	4.04
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	172.56	24.437	17.31
139	Belize`BLZ`Central America	170.21	12.766	0.47
140	Panama`PAN`Central America	169.71	22.776	12.25
141	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	166.81	23.789	14.25
142	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	150.41	14.050	1.21
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	147.18	13.893	13.82
144	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	141.97	18.086	26.54
145	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	140.92	21.809	64.47
146	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	139.21	27.584	94.33
147	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	136.38	24.056	5.03
148	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	129.92	11.320	72.17
149	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	127.76	16.309	19.56
150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	127.27	3.636	0.55
151	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	119.79	13.542	0.96
152	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	117.26	11.094	19.47
153	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	113.27	9.201	6.63
154	Uruguay`URY`South America	110.50	9.219	14.86
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	109.26	12.191	12.96
156	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	105.56	12.963	0.54
157	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	103.33	13.064	43.25
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	86.88	7.306	21.49
159	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.55	12.885	468.37
160	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.83	4.372	1.83
161	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	56.70	2.609	5.75
162	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	55.00	5.000	0.20
163	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	45.46	1.515	1.32
164	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	41.01	1.664	173.05
165	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	29.60	1.355	145.42
166	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.88	0.000	19.87
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.17	0.000	15.31
168	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.80	0.000	44.11
169	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.76	0.000	12.44
170	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	24.25	0.000	6.97
171	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.93	0.000	10.70
172	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.77	0.000	10.77
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.92	0.000	0.48
174	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.43	0.000	0.14

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.17
2Uzbekistan1,121.38
3Bahrain902.83
4Brunei893.75
5Botswana846.88

Lowest

174Central African Republic21.43
173Lesotho22.92
172Bhutan23.77
171Nepal23.93
170Albania24.25

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 476.25. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest9 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 65.338
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,800.42
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.46

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
158values changed, of 174 in both
69 · 89rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro401.33 → 486.71+85.38
Myanmar484.13 → 563.87+79.74
North Macedonia564.92 → 626.43+61.51
Bulgaria415.33 → 476.37+61.04
Serbia666.26 → 711.11+44.85

Fell most

Lebanon600.39 → 377.35−223.04
Guatemala286.10 → 191.47−94.63
Solomon Islands660.00 → 600.00−60.00
Chile432.29 → 373.89−58.40
Sudan261.86 → 204.35−57.51

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 (2022). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2022

0625 held

Other years

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2021
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2023
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity: every year
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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions