Carbon intensity of electricity generation in North America

27 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: gCO₂e per kWh. World ranking →

First in the ranking
26 g/kWh
Median country
562 g/kWh
half above, half below
World
474 g/kWh
Ember aggregate
Range
26 to 681
Costa Rica - Trinidad and Tobago

How to read it

Across 27 countries in North America, the highest value is in Trinidad and Tobago (681 g/kWh) and the lowest in Costa Rica (26 g/kWh).

The median country is at 562 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
1Costa Rica26
2El Salvador114
3Greenland138
4Belize170
5Canada185
6Panama220
7Nicaragua300
8Guatemala301
9Honduras322
10United States384
11Mexico483
12Haiti540
13Aruba549
14Jamaica562
15Dominican Republic567
16Saint Vincent and the Grenadines573
17Barbados601
18Saint Kitts and Nevis604
19Antigua and Barbuda608
20Cayman Islands632
21Turks and Caicos Islands637
22Saint Lucia643
23Cuba643
24Bahamas652
25Puerto Rico657
26Grenada658
27Trinidad and Tobago681
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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