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Electricity Carbon Intensity by African country

2025

Carbon dioxide emitted per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated — a measure of how clean the grid is (Ember via Our World in Data).

Africa, 20257 of 54 countries
389.3population-weighted average
Highest in 2025South Africa · 699.3Lowest in 2025Ethiopia · 23.1Reported in 20257 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — 95.4Sudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — 699.3Lesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — 455.7Cameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — no dataEswatini — no dataAngola — no dataBurundi — no dataMadagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — 560.3Algeria — no dataEritrea — no dataMorocco — 596.4Egypt — 563.2Libya — no dataEthiopia — 23.1Djibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeria 455.7Nigeria 455.7Ethiopia 23.1Ethiopia 23.1Kenya 95.4Kenya 95.4South Africa 699.3South Africa 699.32025HIGHEST IN 2025South Africa699.3Morocco596.4Egypt563.2Tunisia560.3Nigeria455.7LOWEST IN 2025Ethiopia23.1Kenya95.4Nigeria455.7Tunisia560.3Egypt563.2OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno datagco2 per kwh · quintiles of the observed range23.195.4455.7560.3563.2699.3no record
20142025
Ember via OWID · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Southern Africa1 of 5 countries699.3
Northern Africa3 of 6 countries570.6
Western Africa1 of 16 countries455.7
Eastern Africa2 of 18 countries44.6
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 7 with a 2025 figure389.3

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
47 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 42 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Electricity Carbon IntensityCarbon dioxide emitted per kilowatt-hour of electricity generated — a measure of how clean the grid is (Ember via Our World in Data).
SourceEmber via OWID, with processing by Africa API
Unitgco2 per kwh
Last updated27 Jun 2026
Next expected updateJun 2027
Date range2000–2025
Coverage7 of 54 countries · 7 reported, 0 modelled, 47 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 7 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

Reuse and cite

Everything on this page is open under CC BY 4.0 — use it anywhere, including commercially, as long as Africa API and the original provider are credited. The provider’s own licence still applies to their data.

How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Electricity Carbon Intensity". Data adapted from Ember via OWID. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/grid-carbon-intensity
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=electricity_carbon_intensity_gco2_kwh&year=2025&limit=100

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Electricity Carbon Intensity: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

53 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryElectricity Carbon IntensityPeriod
1Botswana851 gCO₂/kWh2024
2Libya827 gCO₂/kWh2024
3Republic of the Congo716 gCO₂/kWh2024
4South Africa699 gCO₂/kWh2025
5Niger674 gCO₂/kWh2024
6Gambia667 gCO₂/kWh2024
7Equatorial Guinea644 gCO₂/kWh2024
8Comoros643 gCO₂/kWh2023
9South Sudan643 gCO₂/kWh2024
10Mauritius642 gCO₂/kWh2024
11Algeria633 gCO₂/kWh2024
12Guinea-Bissau625 gCO₂/kWh2024
13Chad622 gCO₂/kWh2024
14Morocco596 gCO₂/kWh2025
15Benin584 gCO₂/kWh2024
16Eritrea578 gCO₂/kWh2024
17Egypt563 gCO₂/kWh2025
18Burkina Faso562 gCO₂/kWh2024
19Tunisia560 gCO₂/kWh2025
20Sao Tome and Principe556 gCO₂/kWh2023
21Seychelles556 gCO₂/kWh2024
22Senegal540 gCO₂/kWh2024
23Mali539 gCO₂/kWh2024
24Gabon523 gCO₂/kWh2024
25Mauritania512 gCO₂/kWh2024
26Somalia512 gCO₂/kWh2024
27Ghana469 gCO₂/kWh2024
28Cabo Verde462 gCO₂/kWh2024
29Nigeria456 gCO₂/kWh2025
30Djibouti450 gCO₂/kWh2024
31Madagascar432 gCO₂/kWh2024
32Togo423 gCO₂/kWh2024
33Cote d'Ivoire405 gCO₂/kWh2024
34Zimbabwe384 gCO₂/kWh2024
35Rwanda354 gCO₂/kWh2024
36Tanzania345 gCO₂/kWh2024
37Liberia316 gCO₂/kWh2024
38Cameroon226 gCO₂/kWh2024
39Angola185 gCO₂/kWh2024
40Burundi184 gCO₂/kWh2024
41Guinea181 gCO₂/kWh2024
42Sudan154 gCO₂/kWh2024
43Eswatini131 gCO₂/kWh2024
44Mozambique129 gCO₂/kWh2024
45Zambia120 gCO₂/kWh2024
46Kenya95 gCO₂/kWh2025
47Uganda59 gCO₂/kWh2024
48Malawi55 gCO₂/kWh2024
49Namibia49 gCO₂/kWh2024
50Sierra Leone48 gCO₂/kWh2024
51Democratic Republic of the Congo28 gCO₂/kWh2024
52Ethiopia23 gCO₂/kWh2025
53Central African Republic0 gCO₂/kWh2023
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 53 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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