50 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: gCO₂e per kWh. World ranking →
Across 50 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Botswana (852 g/kWh) and the lowest in Ethiopia (23 g/kWh).
The median country is at 482 g/kWh: half are above, half below.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia | 23 | |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28 | |
| 3 | Namibia | 52 | |
| 4 | Malawi | 57 | |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 57 | |
| 6 | Uganda | 59 | |
| 7 | Kenya | 86 | |
| 8 | Eswatini | 120 | |
| 9 | Zambia | 126 | |
| 10 | Mozambique | 129 | |
| 11 | Sudan | 154 | |
| 12 | Guinea | 181 | |
| 13 | Burundi | 184 | |
| 14 | Angola | 185 | |
| 15 | Cameroon | 226 | |
| 16 | Liberia | 314 | |
| 17 | Tanzania | 344 | |
| 18 | Rwanda | 362 | |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 384 | |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 406 | |
| 21 | Togo | 421 | |
| 22 | Djibouti | 430 | |
| 23 | Madagascar | 434 | |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 463 | |
| 25 | Ghana | 469 | |
| 26 | Nigeria | 496 | |
| 27 | Mauritania | 515 | |
| 28 | Gabon | 525 | |
| 29 | Somalia | 530 | |
| 30 | Mali | 537 | |
| 31 | Senegal | 540 | |
| 32 | Tunisia | 558 | |
| 33 | Seychelles | 560 | |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 561 | |
| 35 | Egypt | 575 | |
| 36 | Benin | 579 | |
| 37 | Eritrea | 591 | |
| 38 | Morocco | 595 | |
| 39 | Chad | 630 | |
| 40 | Algeria | 633 | |
| 41 | Mauritius | 642 | |
| 42 | Equatorial Guinea | 643 | |
| 43 | South Sudan | 646 | |
| 44 | The Gambia | 659 | |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 663 | |
| 46 | Niger | 671 | |
| 47 | Republic of the Congo | 716 | |
| 48 | South Africa | 718 | |
| 49 | Libya | 827 | |
| 50 | Botswana | 852 |
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