CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat by country

Countries reporting
186
Highest
5,214
China
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
3.43
Years covered
29
1990–2018
Data points
5,338

What the numbers show

CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 5,214 in China; the lowest is 0 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.43, and the mean is 82.56.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Mozambique (up 6,250.0%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 100.0%).

CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 5,214 2018 up 62.5% volatile
2 United States 2,103 2018 down 22.7% falling
3 India 1,241 2018 up 72.0% rising
4 Russia 844.67 2018 down 12.2% falling
5 Japan 561.86 2018 up 5.4% rising
6 South Korea 373.7 2018 up 39.4% rising
7 Germany 310.35 2018 down 16.4% falling
8 South Africa 281.88 2018 down 3.9% rising
9 Indonesia 243.36 2018 up 59.6% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 225.44 2018 up 30.9% rising
11 Australia 221.26 2018 down 6.4% rising
12 Canada 209.54 2018 down 1.6% rising
13 Iran 201.29 2018 up 27.8% rising
14 Mexico 193.16 2018 up 3.6% rising
15 Turkey 159.04 2018 up 39.3% rising
16 Poland 157.46 2018 down 7.6% falling
17 Malaysia 125.36 2018 up 28.9% rising
18 Kazakhstan 120.81 2018 down 1.2% rising
19 Italy 113.38 2018 down 34.7% falling
20 Vietnam 109.13 2018 up 261.6% volatile
21 Egypt 108.87 2018 up 45.6% rising
22 United Kingdom 106.64 2018 down 54.0% falling
23 Thailand 105.57 2018 up 6.4% rising
24 Iraq 99.55 2018 up 245.2% volatile
25 Ukraine 90.95 2018 down 33.6% falling
26 Spain 89.94 2018 down 25.1% rising
27 Brazil 88.44 2018 up 28.2% rising
28 United Arab Emirates 73.3 2018 up 7.4% rising
29 Philippines 70.44 2018 up 122.6% rising
30 Argentina 64.08 2018 up 8.5% rising
31 Netherlands 63.63 2018 down 8.6% rising
32 France 61.75 2018 down 17.6% falling
33 Kuwait 60.38 2018 up 17.6% rising
34 Pakistan 59.76 2018 up 38.2% rising
35 Czechia 57.63 2018 down 15.3% falling
36 Venezuela 57.29 2018 down 14.0% rising
37 Qatar 53.65 2018 up 91.1% volatile
38 Uzbekistan 52.95 2018 up 18.0% rising
39 Algeria 48.56 2018 up 37.6% rising
40 Bangladesh 38.87 2018 up 96.6% volatile
41 Israel 35.65 2018 down 18.0% rising
42 Chile 35.01 2018 up 21.4% rising
43 Greece 33.86 2018 down 33.9% flat
44 Belarus 33.16 2018 down 7.4% falling
45 Serbia 31.92 2018 down 0.7% falling
46 Romania 29.81 2018 down 38.0% falling
47 Nigeria 26.91 2018 up 55.9% rising
48 Turkmenistan 25.91 2018 up 16.3% rising
49 Singapore 25.82 2018 up 0.2% falling
50 Oman 25.3 2018 up 46.6% rising
51 Bulgaria 24.19 2018 down 24.1% falling
52 Bahrain 23.9 2018 up 13.5% rising
53 Libya 22.66 2018 down 2.6% rising
54 Belgium 22.47 2018 down 19.8% falling
54 Morocco 22.47 2018 up 32.8% rising
56 Finland 20.91 2018 down 29.5% flat
57 Portugal 20.83 2018 down 4.6% rising
58 Colombia 18.56 2018 up 67.4% rising
59 Austria 17.71 2018 down 24.9% flat
60 Lebanon 15.34 2018 up 59.5% rising
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.16 2018 up 11.8% rising
62 Norway 15.02 2018 up 22.8% rising
63 Azerbaijan 14.28 2018 up 2.2% falling
64 Laos 14.04 2018 β€” volatile
65 Hungary 13.69 2018 down 31.6% falling
66 Mongolia 13.56 2018 up 70.8% rising
67 Peru 13.44 2018 up 34.9% volatile
68 Syria 12.68 2018 down 54.8% rising
69 Trinidad and Tobago 12.36 2018 down 3.2% rising
70 Estonia 11.82 2018 down 12.3% falling
71 Denmark 11.5 2018 down 53.0% falling
72 Dominican Republic 11.14 2018 up 18.0% rising
73 Slovakia 10.97 2018 down 19.6% falling
74 Cuba 10.66 2018 down 23.1% rising
75 Ireland 10.57 2018 down 27.8% falling
76 Myanmar 9.76 2018 up 242.5% volatile
77 Jordan 9.53 2018 up 8.8% rising
78 Tunisia 9.47 2018 up 30.4% rising
79 Sweden 8.61 2018 down 17.1% falling
80 Sri Lanka 8.14 2018 up 102.5% volatile
81 Ecuador 7.44 2018 up 5.8% rising
82 Angola 7.12 2018 up 347.8% volatile
83 New Zealand 6.36 2018 down 42.5% rising
84 Bolivia 5.92 2018 up 64.4% rising
85 Guatemala 5.42 2018 up 78.9% volatile
86 Sudan 5.32 2018 up 36.8% volatile
87 Brunei 5.21 2018 up 32.6% rising
88 Slovenia 4.82 2018 down 24.3% falling
89 Botswana 4.48 2018 up 326.7% volatile
90 Senegal 3.93 2018 up 119.6% rising
91 Croatia 3.88 2018 down 44.0% falling
92 North Macedonia 3.61 2018 down 40.4% falling
93 Cote d'Ivoire 3.57 2018 up 25.7% rising
94 Cambodia 3.3 2018 up 168.3% volatile
95 Cyprus 3.27 2018 down 15.9% rising
96 Moldova 3.26 2018 down 12.6% volatile
97 Switzerland 3.08 2018 down 20.0% rising
98 Honduras 3 2018 up 15.4% volatile
99 Ghana 2.94 2018 up 55.6% volatile
100 North Korea 2.92 2018 down 74.4% falling
101 Papua New Guinea 2.89 2018 up 53.7% volatile
102 Cameroon 2.64 2018 up 87.2% volatile
103 Jamaica 2.55 2018 down 8.3% falling
104 Lithuania 2.49 2018 down 49.3% falling
105 Mauritius 2.47 2018 up 22.3% rising
106 Mali 2.31 2018 up 156.7% rising
106 Tanzania 2.31 2018 up 86.3% volatile
108 Latvia 1.96 2018 down 4.9% volatile
109 Panama 1.95 2018 up 9.6% rising
110 Kenya 1.9 2018 down 21.2% volatile
111 Gabon 1.61 2018 up 136.8% volatile
112 Kyrgyzstan 1.58 2018 down 31.0% falling
113 Armenia 1.5 2018 up 44.2% volatile
113 Montenegro 1.5 2018 down 2.6% rising
115 Tajikistan 1.49 2018 up 645.0% volatile
116 Nicaragua 1.44 2018 down 14.8% rising
117 Congo 1.34 2018 up 2,580.0% volatile
118 Bahamas 1.27 2018 down 22.1% rising
118 Mozambique 1.27 2018 up 6,250.0% volatile
120 Madagascar 1.26 2018 up 200.0% volatile
121 Guinea 1.05 2018 up 337.5% volatile
122 Georgia 1.01 2018 up 2.0% volatile
123 Suriname 0.95 2018 up 126.2% volatile
124 Guyana 0.93 2018 up 60.3% rising
125 El Salvador 0.89 2018 down 47.0% rising
126 Haiti 0.86 2018 up 258.3% volatile
127 Equatorial Guinea 0.85 2018 up 54.5% volatile
128 Burkina Faso 0.83 2018 up 137.1% volatile
129 Uruguay 0.76 2018 down 75.2% volatile
130 Malta 0.7 2018 down 64.6% falling
131 Maldives 0.68 2018 up 100.0% volatile
131 South Sudan 0.68 2018 up 78.9% rising
133 Niger 0.57 2018 up 159.1% rising
134 Barbados 0.55 2018 down 41.5% volatile
135 Mauritania 0.51 2018 up 13.3% rising
136 East Timor 0.43 2018 up 330.0% volatile
137 Fiji 0.4 2018 up 122.2% rising
138 Eritrea 0.39 2018 up 69.6% rising
139 Seychelles 0.36 2018 up 33.3% rising
140 Somalia 0.33 2018 up 26.9% rising
141 Antigua and Barbuda 0.3 2018 up 11.1% volatile
141 Liberia 0.3 2018 up 42.9% rising
143 Cape Verde 0.28 2018 up 33.3% volatile
144 Saint Lucia 0.27 2018 up 8.0% rising
145 Gambia 0.25 2018 up 25.0% rising
146 Luxembourg 0.24 2018 down 78.2% volatile
147 Afghanistan 0.22 2018 down 8.3% flat
147 Uganda 0.22 2018 down 54.2% volatile
149 Togo 0.21 2018 up 600.0% volatile
150 Chad 0.2 2018 up 66.7% rising
151 Benin 0.17 2018 up 6.2% volatile
152 Grenada 0.16 2018 up 6.7% volatile
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.16 2018 unchanged volatile
154 Malawi 0.15 2018 unchanged rising
155 Albania 0.14 2018 down 50.0% volatile
155 Costa Rica 0.14 2018 down 79.4% volatile
157 Palau 0.1 2018 up 25.0% rising
157 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1 2018 up 11.1% volatile
159 Dominica 0.09 2018 down 10.0% volatile
159 Solomon Islands 0.09 2018 up 12.5% rising
159 Samoa 0.09 2018 up 80.0% rising
162 Micronesia (country) 0.08 2018 up 60.0% rising
162 Marshall Islands 0.08 2018 up 33.3% rising
164 Burundi 0.07 2018 β€” volatile
164 Comoros 0.07 2018 up 133.3% volatile
164 Sierra Leone 0.07 2018 up 133.3% volatile
167 Sao Tome and Principe 0.06 2018 up 100.0% volatile
168 Tonga 0.05 2018 up 25.0% rising
168 Vanuatu 0.05 2018 up 25.0% rising
170 Nauru 0.04 2018 up 100.0% falling
170 Eswatini 0.04 2018 down 84.6% volatile
172 Belize 0.03 2018 up 200.0% volatile
172 Guinea-Bissau 0.03 2018 unchanged falling
172 Kiribati 0.03 2018 up 50.0% rising
172 Namibia 0.03 2018 down 87.5% volatile
172 Cook Islands 0.03 2018 unchanged rising
177 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.01 2018 down 83.3% volatile
177 Tuvalu 0.01 2018 unchanged volatile
179 Bhutan 0 2018 β€” volatile
179 Central African Republic 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
179 Ethiopia 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
179 Iceland 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
179 Lesotho 0 2018 β€” flat
179 Nepal 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
179 Paraguay 0 2018 β€” volatile
179 Niue 0 2018 β€” flat

About this data

Indicator
CO2 emissions by sector (Mt CO2 eq) - Electricity/Heat
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
187 places, 5,338 data points, 1990–2018
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