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Sri Lanka's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2024-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2024-06
367gCO₂e/kWh
#47 cleanest of 86 tracked (2023)
Renewables share
61.5%
clean incl. nuclear: 61.5%
Records
Cleanest: 168 (2023-12)
Dirtiest: 722 (2017-02)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 431 | +5 | 50 | 15.6 |
| 2022 | 426 | -5 | 51.7 | 15.9 |
| 2021 | 431 | -105 | 51.2 | 16.7 |
| 2020 | 536 | -9 | 36.7 | 15.7 |
| 2019 | 545 | +73 | 34.1 | 15.7 |
| 2018 | 472 | -101 | 44.9 | 15.3 |
| 2017 | 573 | +16 | 30.8 | 14.7 |
| 2016 | 557 | +108 | 33 | 14.2 |
| 2015 | 449 | — | 48.5 | 13.1 |
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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/lk".