Carbon intensity of electricity generation in Asia

49 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: gCO₂e per kWh. World ranking →

First in the ranking
24 g/kWh
Median country
539 g/kWh
half above, half below
World
473 g/kWh
Ember aggregate
Range
24 to 1,306
Bhutan - Turkmenistan

How to read it

Across 49 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Turkmenistan (1,306 g/kWh) and the lowest in Bhutan (24 g/kWh).

The median country is at 539 g/kWh: half are above, half below.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Carbon intensity of power over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Bhutan24
2Nepal24
3Tajikistan71
4Afghanistan117
5Kyrgyzstan120
6Georgia145
7Laos232
8Armenia240
9Pakistan334
10North Korea341
11Lebanon388
12Sri Lanka404
13South Korea410
14Palestine417
15Türkiye471
16Macao474
17Vietnam477
18United Arab Emirates477
19Japan484
20Singapore499
21Myanmar502
22Cyprus513
23Thailand524
24Jordan530
25Cambodia539
26Israel541
27Oman543
28China559
29Qatar582
30Yemen591
31Malaysia604
32Maldives615
33Philippines629
34Azerbaijan634
35Kuwait635
36Iran643
37Hong Kong676
38Iraq683
39Saudi Arabia689
40Bangladesh696
41Syria706
42India707
43Indonesia710
44Kazakhstan806
45Mongolia817
46Brunei893
47Bahrain902
48Uzbekistan1,040
49Turkmenistan1,306
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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