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Carbon intensity of electricity by country

grams of CO₂ per kWh · 90 countries ranked · 2025

Rank 1 = best (lower is better for this indicator).25 of 90
  1. 1EthiopiaWorld rank 1st of 90
    down −1.4 %
  2. 2Costa RicaWorld rank 2nd of 90
    down −4.9 %
  3. 3ParaguayWorld rank 3rd of 90
    down −0.2 %
  4. 4NorwayWorld rank 4th of 90
    down −5.2 %
  5. 5SwedenWorld rank 5th of 90
    up +1.0 %
  6. 6SwitzerlandWorld rank 6th of 90
    up +13.4 %
  7. 7FranceWorld rank 7th of 90
    up +2.4 %
  8. 8FinlandWorld rank 8th of 90
    down −13.7 %
  9. 9TajikistanWorld rank 9th of 90
    up +2.0 %
  10. 10UruguayWorld rank 10th of 90
    up +15.6 %
  11. 11New ZealandWorld rank 11th of 90
    down −17.2 %
  12. 12SlovakiaWorld rank 12th of 90
    down −1.8 %
  13. 13KenyaWorld rank 13th of 90
    up +12.0 %
  14. 14BrazilWorld rank 14th of 90
    up +3.7 %
  15. 15DenmarkWorld rank 15th of 90
    down −13.2 %
  16. 16AustriaWorld rank 16th of 90
    up +13.0 %
  17. 17LuxembourgWorld rank 17th of 90
    down −6.8 %
  18. 18PortugalWorld rank 18th of 90
    up +15.6 %
  19. 19LithuaniaWorld rank 19th of 90
    up +18.9 %
  20. 20LatviaWorld rank 20th of 90
    up +3.3 %
  21. 21El SalvadorWorld rank 21st of 90
    up +22.9 %
  22. 22GeorgiaWorld rank 22nd of 90
    up +0.6 %
  23. 23BelgiumWorld rank 23rd of 90
    up +18.0 %
  24. 24KyrgyzstanWorld rank 24th of 90
    up +28.1 %
  25. 25SpainWorld rank 25th of 90
    up +5.0 %

On the map

Carbon intensity of electricity, 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Carbon intensity of electricity, 2025World map of Carbon intensity of electricity (2025) for 90 countries, from 23 to 1,000.Fiji: —Tanzania: —W. Sahara: —Canada: 191United States: 384Kazakhstan: 805Uzbekistan: 1,000Papua New Guinea: —Indonesia: —Argentina: 346Chile: 289DR Congo: —Somalia: —Kenya: 95Sudan: —Chad: —Haiti: —Dominican Republic: 537Russia: 450Bahamas: —Falkland Is.: —Norway: 28Greenland: —Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: —South Africa: 699Lesotho: —Mexico: 474Uruguay: 80Brazil: 110Bolivia: 481Peru: 238Colombia: 187Panama: —Costa Rica: 24Nicaragua: —Honduras: —El Salvador: 139Guatemala: —Belize: —Venezuela: —Guyana: —Suriname: —France: 41Ecuador: 159Puerto Rico: 655Jamaica: —Cuba: —Zimbabwe: —Botswana: —Namibia: —Senegal: —Mali: —Mauritania: —Benin: —Niger: —Nigeria: 456Cameroon: —Togo: —Ghana: —Côte d'Ivoire: —Guinea: —Guinea-Bissau: —Liberia: —Sierra Leone: —Burkina Faso: —Central African Republic: —Republic of the Congo: —Gabon: —Equatorial Guinea: —Zambia: —Malawi: —Mozambique: —Eswatini: —Angola: —Burundi: —Israel: 493Lebanon: —Madagascar: —Palestine: —Gambia: —Tunisia: 560Algeria: —Jordan: —United Arab Emirates: —Qatar: 582Kuwait: 635Iraq: —Oman: 544Vanuatu: —Cambodia: 499Thailand: 546Laos: —Myanmar: —Vietnam: 461North Korea: —South Korea: 417Mongolia: 816India: 670Bangladesh: 696Bhutan: —Nepal: —Pakistan: 347Afghanistan: —Tajikistan: 73Kyrgyzstan: 153Turkmenistan: —Iran: 660Syria: —Armenia: 212Sweden: 35Belarus: 309Ukraine: —Poland: 589Austria: 117Hungary: 163Moldova: 633Romania: 251Lithuania: 138Latvia: 139Estonia: 319Germany: 330Bulgaria: 276Greece: 315Türkiye: 475Albania: —Croatia: 159Switzerland: 39Luxembourg: 123Belgium: 150Netherlands: 254Portugal: 128Spain: 154Ireland: 257New Caledonia: —Solomon Islands: —New Zealand: 93Australia: 525Sri Lanka: 329China: 525Taiwan: 633Italy: 285Denmark: 114United Kingdom: 217Iceland: —Azerbaijan: 632Georgia: 146Philippines: 588Malaysia: 602Brunei: —Slovenia: 183Finland: 57Slovakia: 95Czechia: 401Eritrea: —Japan: 477Paraguay: 25Yemen: —Saudi Arabia: —N. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 489Morocco: 596Egypt: 563Libya: —Ethiopia: 23Djibouti: —Somaliland: —Uganda: —Rwanda: —Bosnia and Herzegovina: 571North Macedonia: 441Serbia: 696Montenegro: 264Kosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: —South Sudan: —
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank by year for Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Paraguay, 2000–2024.