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 |