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Vietnam's power sector in numbers

Ember monthly data 2019-01 → 2025-10 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0

Carbon intensity · 2025-10

354gCO₂e/kWh

#50 cleanest of 84 tracked (2024)

Renewables share

58.5%

clean incl. nuclear: 58.5%

Records

Cleanest: 323 (2023-08)

Dirtiest: 664 (2020-01)

The trend, year by year

YeargCO₂e/kWhΔRenewables %Generation TWh
2024 467 -2 44.5 308.3
2023 469 +62 43.3 278.4
2022 407 -70 50.9 272.6
2021 477 -50 42.7 253.9
2020 527 -16 35.2 247.1
2019 543 32 241

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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/vn".