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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
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | 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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Open the globe →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".