Data for 2024

Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2024

Name: Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2024
Creator: Ember
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Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2024 covers 165 countries on 3 measures. Turkmenistan is highest, at 1,306.15; Bhutan is lowest, at 23.73. The middle country reads 433.75. Against 2023, 145 values changed (45 up, 100 down), 8 left.

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Carbon Intensity of Electricity · Data for 2024

HighestTurkmenistan

1,306.15

LowestBhutan

23.73

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

165countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
165distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by Ember.
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1	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1,306.15	99.970	33.01
2	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1,040.17	84.049	81.50
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	902.48	99.736	37.95
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	892.99	99.820	5.56
5	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	852.48	99.708	3.43
6	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	826.92	99.971	34.59
7	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	817.01	91.156	8.82
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	715.57	79.121	5.46
9	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	706.19	96.463	24.88
10	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	700.00	100.000	0.01
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	695.84	98.113	101.74
12	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	683.09	98.377	149.73
13	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	681.26	99.895	9.55
14	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	675.56	98.958	37.44
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	670.53	96.842	0.95
16	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	668.02	67.938	36.96
17	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	662.50	100.000	0.08
18	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	658.82	100.000	0.51
19	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	658.33	100.000	0.24
20	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	656.55	94.000	20.00
21	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	652.44	99.111	2.25
22	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	646.43	98.214	0.56
23	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	642.95	73.154	1.49
24	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	642.92	95.986	19.43
25	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	642.50	97.500	0.40
26	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	642.23	82.111	3.41
27	Guyana`GUY`South America	642.03	97.101	1.38
28	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	637.04	96.296	0.27
29	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	636.74	89.292	6.07
30	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	635.27	97.762	92.49
31	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	634.41	88.254	27.84
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	632.85	98.931	96.36
33	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	632.39	95.775	0.71
34	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	629.73	94.595	0.37
35	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	629.48	79.528	124.17
36	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	622.22	94.444	0.18
37	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	615.29	92.941	0.85
38	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	608.47	68.864	172.09
39	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	608.11	91.892	0.37
40	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	605.38	91.398	1.86
41	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	604.35	91.304	0.23
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	600.90	90.991	1.11
43	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	600.00	90.909	0.11
44	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	591.43	88.762	5.25
45	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	591.11	88.889	0.45
46	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	581.70	95.977	56.68
47	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	579.21	96.040	1.01
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	573.33	86.667	0.15
49	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	571.43	85.714	0.07
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	567.33	81.149	24.03
51	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	564.10	73.077	3.12
52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	562.40	87.398	4.92
53	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	560.95	82.840	1.69
54	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	560.32	84.127	0.63
55	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	558.97	62.345	10,025.01
56	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	558.12	95.601	21.37
57	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	549.00	83.000	1.00
58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	542.87	95.112	49.10
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	540.71	86.194	80.40
60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	540.11	80.210	7.63
61	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	540.00	80.000	0.05
62	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	539.54	81.395	0.86
63	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	538.70	64.341	15.48
64	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	537.42	80.537	5.96
65	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	530.23	79.070	0.43
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	529.70	75.919	23.67
67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	525.39	64.615	2.60
68	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	516.07	76.321	4.73
69	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	514.98	77.295	2.07
70	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	512.99	76.178	5.78
71	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	511.73	60.539	6.31
72	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	502.30	52.142	21.71
73	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	500.00	75.000	0.04
74	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	498.68	95.071	59.58
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	495.71	66.001	13.53
76	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	495.63	75.000	37.56
77	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	488.13	84.475	2.19
78	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	474.36	69.231	0.78
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	470.79	54.386	341.23
80	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	468.81	63.782	24.27
81	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	463.46	69.231	0.52
82	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	440.28	65.278	0.72
83	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	433.75	57.613	2.43
84	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	430.00	65.000	0.20
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	424.65	40.510	3.53
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	421.13	70.423	0.71
87	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	417.17	60.606	0.99
88	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	414.18	42.305	72.83
89	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	405.56	71.084	10.79
90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	400.00	56.250	0.16
91	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	388.20	56.180	5.34
92	United States`USA`Northern America	383.81	58.131	4,391.02
93	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	383.72	42.885	10.26
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	361.95	50.442	1.13
95	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	350.00	50.000	0.04
96	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	344.17	44.342	6.25
97	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	343.89	67.081	8.84
98	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	340.59	36.642	27.10
99	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	334.42	43.527	151.01
100	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	329.46	62.680	45.82
101	Suriname`SUR`South America	322.99	47.126	1.74
102	Honduras`HND`Central America	321.96	44.551	12.48
103	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	321.81	50.770	57.08
104	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	314.04	45.614	0.57
105	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	301.46	31.666	15.79
106	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	300.44	37.611	4.52
107	Colombia`COL`South America	298.33	38.658	89.14
108	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	281.44	49.827	267.56
109	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	279.06	28.896	38.28
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	275.65	36.522	1.15
111	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	270.75	53.487	31.07
112	Chile`CHL`South America	260.92	29.959	88.62
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	259.70	32.794	52.72
114	Peru`PER`South America	258.44	39.889	59.29
115	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	250.77	46.337	122.34
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	240.31	38.981	9.03
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	232.08	23.284	52.31
118	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	230.49	23.936	16.71
119	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	226.17	26.860	7.26
120	Panama`PAN`Central America	220.33	32.018	13.43
121	Ecuador`ECU`South America	203.74	27.557	32.66
122	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	185.06	26.299	15.59
123	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	183.89	26.387	37.97
124	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	183.67	24.490	0.49
125	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	181.39	24.814	4.03
126	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	170.53	26.568	15.28
127	Belize`BLZ`Central America	170.21	12.766	0.47
128	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	154.30	20.311	14.77
129	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	146.26	23.256	280.92
130	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	145.08	20.172	13.93
131	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	138.33	16.667	0.60
132	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	134.52	26.493	6.34
133	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	132.17	10.768	35.20
134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	129.41	16.574	19.79
135	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	126.93	23.665	75.98
136	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	125.83	9.272	1.51
137	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	125.76	12.525	19.72
138	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	120.17	11.224	15.77
139	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	119.67	3.279	0.61
140	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	117.17	13.131	0.99
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	116.10	15.678	7.40
142	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	113.97	9.160	6.53
143	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	111.86	14.020	44.01
144	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	110.64	14.803	47.29
145	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	103.46	13.775	78.48
146	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	97.19	14.194	29.52
147	Venezuela`VEN`South America	85.91	8.861	80.13
148	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	85.82	8.522	13.26
149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	70.81	5.405	22.20
150	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.81	1.122	13.37
151	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	66.91	4.660	82.40
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	58.52	2.926	5.81
153	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	57.14	4.762	0.21
154	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	56.83	4.372	1.83
155	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.44	2.439	1.64
156	France`FRA`Western Europe	40.34	5.077	564.49
157	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	34.91	1.209	172.02
158	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	29.64	1.394	157.11
159	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.82	0.000	19.05
160	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	27.64	0.000	15.92
161	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.82	0.091	11.00
162	Paraguay`PRY`South America	24.85	0.000	42.41
163	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	24.70	0.000	8.34
164	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.99	0.000	11.13
165	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.73	0.000	11.00

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

1Turkmenistan1,306.15
2Uzbekistan1,040.17
3Bahrain902.48
4Brunei892.99
5Botswana852.48

Lowest

165Bhutan23.73
164Nepal23.99
163Albania24.70
162Paraguay24.85
161Costa Rica25.82

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 433.75. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Fossil fuels (% of generation)
Highest4 share it
Lowest6 share it
Middle country: 62.680
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina10,025.01
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 9.03

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −8countries joined / left
145values changed, of 165 in both
45 · 100rose · fell
20unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia491.62 → 538.70+47.08
Colombia259.53 → 298.33+38.80
Serbia638.88 → 668.02+29.14
New Zealand87.36 → 111.86+24.50
Republic of the Congo691.98 → 715.57+23.59

Fell most

Nauru650.00 → 540.00−110.00
Uzbekistan1,113.23 → 1,040.17−73.06
Lebanon448.09 → 388.20−59.89
Bulgaria338.45 → 279.06−59.39
North Macedonia566.67 → 511.73−54.94

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Dominica

− Faroe Islands

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− British Virgin Islands

− United States Virgin Islands

− Vanuatu

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

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Ember publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 165 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2024). Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/electricity-carbon-intensity/2024

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