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Sweden's power sector in numbers

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

Carbon intensity · 2026-06

26gCO₂e/kWh

#1 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)

Renewables share

79.9%

clean incl. nuclear: 99.9%

Records

Cleanest: 18 (2016-08)

Dirtiest: 34 (2019-01)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2025 24 0 72.5 162
2024 24 -2 70.4 163.9
2023 26 -1 70.3 157
2022 27 -1 69.3 163.2
2021 28 +3 68.2 162.7
2020 25 -2 69.2 154.3
2019 27 +1 59.4 158.5
2018 26 0 56.9 152.6
2017 26 0 59 153.5
2016 26 +1 58.4 145.6
2015 25 63.7 149.5

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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/se".