Carbon intensity of electricity generation in Europe

39 countries in Europe, 2024. Unit: gCO₂e per kWh. World ranking →

First in the ranking
25 g/kWh
Median country
230 g/kWh
half above, half below
World
474 g/kWh
Ember aggregate
Range
25 to 925
Albania - Kosovo

How to read it

Across 39 countries in Europe, the highest value is in Kosovo (925 g/kWh) and the lowest in Albania (25 g/kWh).

The median country is at 230 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
1Albania25
2Iceland28
3Norway30
4Switzerland35
5Sweden35
6France40
7Finland67
8Slovakia97
9Austria103
10Portugal111
11Lithuania116
12Luxembourg126
13Belgium127
14Denmark132
15Latvia135
16Spain146
17Croatia171
18Hungary184
19United Kingdom216
20Slovenia230
21Netherlands251
22Romania260
23Ireland271
24Bulgaria279
25Italy281
26Greece322
27Belarus329
28Germany340
29Estonia344
30Czechia414
31Montenegro425
32Russia446
33Malta488
34North Macedonia512
35Bosnia and Herzegovina607
36Poland608
37Moldova637
38Serbia668
39Kosovo925
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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