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Hungary's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2026-06

132gCO₂e/kWh

#23 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

49.8%

clean incl. nuclear: 83.3%

Records

Cleanest: 116 (2026-04)

Dirtiest: 389 (2015-11)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 175 -24 35 38.1
2024 199 -16 30.9 35.9
2023 215 -29 25 33.2
2022 244 -12 20.4 33.2
2021 256 -23 17.8 33.5
2020 279 -11 13.8 32
2019 290 -25 11 31.2
2018 315 -4 8.3 29.1
2017 319 -12 7.6 30.2
2016 331 -9 6.4 28.9
2015 340 6.4 27.9

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Source: "Monthly electricity data, Ember" (CC-BY-4.0). Yearly figures are generation-weighted (Σ emissions ÷ Σ generation, complete years only). Monthly statistical data — estimated, not live measurement. Cite as "Voltcast Research, voltcast.com/research/countries/hu".