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. 2024 Jan 5;31(12):17804–17821. doi: 10.1007/s11356-023-31712-0

Table 4.

Average annual electricity emissions per kWh of electricity produced (Our World in Data 2022)

Region Electricity emissions [g CO2/kWh]
2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
Africa 442.72 468.15 470.73 479.83 483.03
  Nigeria 395.24 398.36 397.91 386.70 378.01
America
  Brazil 113.21 122.27 123.60 139.36 134.29
  Colombia 192.63 172.38 163.30 153.38 223.11
  Canada 116.97 130.01 129.47 135.87 141.48
  United States 348.54 370.25 388.02 392.52 403.69
  Rest of America
Europe 264.54 285.81 301.95 313.30 316.79
  Turkey 409.58 410.14 463.05 461.25 447.87
  Germany 313.78 345.94 406.14 414.48 445.82
  France 57.29 56.85 59.23 70.40 61.13
  Italy 221.01 234.81 248.53 263.66 262.28
  Poland 725.47 743.95 782.17 780.22 786.15
  United Kingdom 242.15 264.39 280.62 294.30 322.79
  Spain 174.66 213.08 276.92 304.75 265.81
  Belgium 178.99 170.87 213.23 184.72 175.22
  Austria 82.68 94.30 102.01 98.14 87.57
  Switzerland 54.52 52.56 54.13 59.52 59.48
  Netherlands 323.75 387.31 438.20 460.51 486.24
  Portugal 207.34 263.38 301.81 370.16 298.62
  Denmark 104.41 135.49 197.56 193.41 229.24
  Sweden 12.21 11.87 12.24 12.18 12.81
  Ireland 278.72 323.00 353.26 388.72 427.38
  Slovakia 138.86 140.84 148.95 145.02 147.80
  Norway 30.80 34.33 34.27 34.34 34.30
  Czechia 405.22 436.84 465.91 471.06 504.19
  Finland 57.06 86.30 112.54 87.64 100.45
Middle East
  Iran 440.40 488.77 476.36 451.23 457.53
  Israel 527.77 531.44 539.72 544.07 544.35
Asia 526.03 538.07 546.70 550.72 556.71
  China 545.89 556.29 570.10 574.97 580.14
  India 624.37 630.10 655.28 658.13 665.39
  Japan 426.12 450.45 448.68 482.91 503.63
  Indonesia 624.68 625.29 618.91 649.26 640.62
  Pakistan 294.18 313.72 286.38 345.58 371.84
  Thailand 507.13 480.96 489.26 503.34 521.11
  Taiwan 563.69 564.32 549.49 559.43 537.24
  Russia 329.08 351.95 354.78 353.93 355.29
  CIS
Oceania 480.97 511.53 531.23 539.64 548.45
  Australia and New Zealand
Rest of Asia and Oceania
World 421.85 435.21 443.93 447.11 450.76