Data for 2023

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2023

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2023
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2023 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.17; Central African Republic is lowest, at 21.43. The middle country reads 452.72. Against 2022, 139 values changed (53 up, 86 down), 1 left.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2023

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.17

LowestCentral African Republic

21.43

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

173countries
3measures per country
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: 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	1,113.23	90.104	76.80
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	902.67	99.760	37.47
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	894.82	100.000	5.60
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	853.25	99.690	3.23
6	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	825.22	99.970	33.75
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	816.41	90.832	8.29
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	705.64	96.483	25.02
9	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.000	0.01
10	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	691.98	76.493	5.36
11	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	685.17	98.786	145.01
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	682.72	98.292	100.73
13	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.30	99.895	9.52
14	Niger`NER`Western Africa	676.29	97.938	0.97
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	674.33	99.046	37.75
16	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	670.40	93.469	29.09
17	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	662.94	75.524	1.43
18	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	662.50	100.000	0.08
19	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	661.21	94.623	19.90
=20	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	658.82	100.000	0.17
=20	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	658.82	100.000	0.17
=20	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	652.49	99.095	2.21
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	650.85	72.293	165.52
28	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	650.00	100.000	0.04
29	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	646.43	98.214	0.56
30	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	644.53	96.353	19.74
31	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	643.47	90.394	6.35
32	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	642.50	97.500	0.40
33	Guyana`GUY`South America	642.03	97.101	1.38
34	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	640.00	97.143	0.70
35	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	639.71	97.059	0.68
36	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	638.88	65.039	39.33
37	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	636.09	97.872	89.76
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	634.56	82.569	3.27
39	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	633.55	99.051	95.88
40	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	627.78	94.444	0.36
41	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	627.27	95.455	0.22
42	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	625.00	94.444	0.36
43	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	622.70	78.574	116.73
44	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	615.29	92.941	0.85
45	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	610.56	92.222	1.80
46	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	606.36	91.818	1.10
47	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	600.00	90.909	0.11
48	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	598.05	89.844	5.12
49	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	595.92	89.796	0.49
50	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	588.89	88.889	0.09
51	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	586.37	65.376	9,402.74
52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	584.25	96.435	56.38
53	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	584.00	97.000	1.00
54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	579.64	82.736	24.56
=55	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	573.33	86.667	0.15
=55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	573.33	86.667	0.15
57	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	571.43	85.714	0.07
58	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	569.36	85.484	0.62
59	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	569.26	73.786	3.09
60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	568.05	84.024	1.69
61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	566.67	67.826	6.90
62	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	564.78	87.841	4.77
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	560.53	96.053	21.28
64	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	558.88	88.209	77.43
65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	557.07	83.049	8.20
66	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	549.00	83.000	1.00
67	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	542.58	78.040	23.77
68	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	542.56	95.111	45.00
69	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	540.48	80.952	0.42
70	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	535.28	80.200	6.01
71	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	533.40	79.550	5.33
72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	524.32	64.479	2.59
73	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	522.49	78.469	2.09
74	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	516.47	77.647	0.85
75	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	516.07	76.321	4.73
76	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	514.98	53.507	21.10
77	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	510.19	77.322	40.92
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	501.04	66.693	12.55
79	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	500.81	95.472	57.29
=80	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	500.00	75.000	0.04
=80	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	500.00	75.000	0.08
82	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	498.30	86.383	2.35
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	494.89	57.991	319.79
84	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	491.62	57.868	13.60
85	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	482.00	72.000	0.50
86	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	468.18	66.667	0.66
87	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	452.72	61.481	24.30
88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	448.09	65.924	6.28
89	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	445.07	66.197	0.71
90	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	442.59	45.185	75.80
91	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	436.62	73.239	0.71
92	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	430.00	65.000	0.20
93	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	423.39	56.048	2.48
94	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	420.00	60.000	0.15
95	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	414.12	60.000	0.85
96	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	410.98	39.141	4.19
97	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	398.82	69.854	10.98
98	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	395.30	51.220	5.74
99	United States`USA`Northern America	392.90	59.106	4,253.91
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	391.79	43.844	9.99
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	372.47	73.510	10.57
102	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	365.46	50.909	1.10
103	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	365.31	48.098	148.01
104	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	361.22	53.061	0.49
105	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	360.25	68.687	41.74
106	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	350.00	50.000	0.04
107	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	346.03	37.313	26.72
108	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	338.45	34.606	40.08
109	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	336.69	50.174	48.93
110	Honduras`HND`Central America	328.50	45.637	12.49
111	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	323.29	55.450	261.55
112	Suriname`SUR`South America	320.81	46.821	1.73
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	310.46	32.730	14.91
114	Chile`CHL`South America	304.76	36.860	89.23
115	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	300.44	37.611	4.52
116	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	293.44	42.623	0.61
117	Peru`PER`South America	291.87	45.622	60.87
118	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	282.44	54.724	31.54
119	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	275.65	36.522	1.15
120	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	268.19	49.291	119.96
121	Panama`PAN`Central America	265.90	39.359	13.11
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	262.78	43.006	8.65
123	Colombia`COL`South America	259.53	33.879	84.36
124	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	243.00	30.553	56.95
125	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	232.10	23.289	52.30
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	225.21	26.731	7.22
127	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	224.31	23.473	15.55
128	Ecuador`ECU`South America	195.84	26.382	35.82
129	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	195.55	28.813	35.54
130	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	195.36	29.874	17.44
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	185.75	25.500	4.00
132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	182.98	25.968	15.75
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	180.00	24.000	0.50
134	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	169.66	28.111	279.11
135	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	167.57	23.909	14.43
136	Belize`BLZ`Central America	160.00	11.111	0.45
137	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	158.47	25.531	46.14
138	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	152.61	13.603	33.89
139	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	146.11	19.021	14.51
140	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	144.26	18.033	0.61
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	139.85	13.529	13.60
142	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	134.95	12.207	5.98
143	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	134.68	26.470	82.13
144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	128.51	16.433	19.96
145	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	122.70	10.638	1.41
146	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	121.32	16.226	5.30
147	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	120.06	22.257	6.38
148	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	118.56	13.402	0.97
149	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	116.34	10.997	19.46
150	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	115.44	15.205	29.53
151	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	113.64	3.030	0.66
152	Uruguay`URY`South America	112.95	7.566	12.82
153	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	111.55	15.244	70.98
154	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	97.03	10.234	12.80
155	Venezuela`VEN`South America	91.80	9.658	71.96
156	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	87.36	10.375	42.89
157	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	81.40	6.023	81.52
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	73.95	5.794	21.23
159	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	58.75	2.946	5.77
160	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	57.14	4.762	0.21
161	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.83	4.372	1.83
162	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.29	7.915	518.75
163	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.56	2.116	1.89
164	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	38.44	1.403	166.05
165	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	30.45	1.530	153.63
166	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.76	0.000	19.81
167	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.26	0.000	15.63
168	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.26	0.085	11.72
169	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.62	0.000	53.04
170	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	24.53	0.000	9.01
171	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.93	0.000	10.70
172	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.75	0.000	11.16
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	21.43	0.000	0.14

02In 2023

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
2Uzbekistan1,113.23
3Bahrain902.67
4Brunei894.82
5Botswana853.25

Lowest

173Central African Republic21.43
172Bhutan23.75
171Nepal23.93
170Albania24.53
169Paraguay24.62

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 452.72. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest10 share it
Lowest7 share it
Middle country: 65.376
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina9,402.74
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 8.20

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
139values changed, of 173 in both
53 · 86rose · fell
34unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia300.20 → 491.62+191.42
Mali390.09 → 535.28+145.18
Guatemala191.47 → 310.46+118.99
Gabon426.96 → 524.32+97.36
Panama169.71 → 265.90+96.19

Fell most

Liberia446.15 → 293.44−152.71
Bulgaria476.37 → 338.45−137.92
Estonia487.47 → 395.30−92.18
Venezuela180.46 → 91.80−88.66
Poland732.51 → 650.85−81.67

− Lesotho

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 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 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 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Ember (2023). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2023

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