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Purchased Electricity Mix (kg CO₂^e/kWh)

Country	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Albania	0.15	0.17	0.13	0.15	0.15	0.15	TBD
Algeria	0.56	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.53	0.53	TBD
Argentina	0.51	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.52	TBD
Australia	0.94	0.92	0.87	0.83	0.79	0.85	0.4
Austria	0.24	0.15	0.12	0.23	0.24	0.18	0.12
Bangladesh	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.67	0.67	TBD
Belarus	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	TBD
Belgium	0.29	0.25	0.22	0.21	0.19	0.21	0.14
Brazil	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	TBD
Bulgaria	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.57	TBD
Cambodia	0.71	0.71	0.7	0.7	0.68	0.66	TBD
Canada	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	TBD
Chile	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	TBD
China	0.75	0.71	0.7	0.7	0.68	0.66	TBD
Colombia	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	TBD
Croatia	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	TBD
Czech Republic	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.59	0.59	TBD
Denmark	0.43	0.28	0.25	0.2	0.15	0.23	0.18
Egypt	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	0.54	TBD
Estonia	1.11	1.11	1.11	1.11	1.11	1.11	TBD
Ethiopia	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	TBD
Finland	0.25	0.21	0.2	0.2	0.14	0.17	0.08
France	0.08	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.06	0.06
Germany	0.52	0.49	0.45	0.42	0.37	0.42	0.35
Greece	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	0.68	TBD
Hong Kong	0.71	0.71	0.7	0.7	0.68	0.66	TBD
Hungary	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	TBD
Iceland	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	TBD
India	0.94	0.92	0.85	0.85	0.94	0.94	0.82
Indonesia	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88	TBD
Ireland	0.48	0.44	0.42	0.36	0.32	0.29	0.27
Israel	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.61	0.61	TBD
Italy	0.43	0.47	0.42	0.4	0.35	0.45	TBD
Japan	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	TBD
Jordan	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	TBD
Kazakhstan	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	TBD
Kenya	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	TBD
Latvia	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	TBD
Lithuania	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	TBD
Luxembourg	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	0.31	TBD
Macedonia	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88	TBD
Malaysia	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	0.77	TBD
Malta	0.83	0.83	0.83	0.83	0.83	0.83	TBD
Mexico	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	TBD
Moldova	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	0.51	TBD
Morocco	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	TBD
Netherlands	0.45	0.46	0.46	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.41
New Zealand	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	TBD
Norway	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	TBD
Pakistan	0.54	0.61	0.62	0.41	0.52	0.61	TBD
Peru	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	0.29	TBD
Philippines	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.65	0.65	TBD
Poland	0.86	0.84	0.83	0.81	0.76	0.82	0.65
Portugal	0.36	0.42	0.34	0.28	0.25	0.24	0.24
Romania	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.47	0.47	TBD
Russia	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	0.44	TBD
Serbia	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	TBD
Singapore	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	TBD
Slovakia	0.24	0.24	0.21	0.2	0.21	0.24	0.24
Slovenia	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	0.36	TBD
South Africa	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	TBD
South Korea	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.62	TBD
Spain	0.34	0.41	0.31	0.25	0.19	0.26	0.17
Sri Lanka	0.43	0.47	0.43	0.4	0.45	0.45	TBD
Sweden	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	TBD
Switzerland	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	TBD
Taiwan	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.63	TBD
Thailand	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	0.58	TBD
Tunisia	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	0.55	TBD
Turkey	0.45	0.46	0.46	0.41	0.41	0.41	0.41
United Kingdom	0.44	0.38	0.31	0.28	0.23	0.21	0.19
United States of America	0.51	0.48	0.48	0.43	0.4	0.42	0.38
Uzbekistan	0.44	0.46	0.43	0.5	0.58	0.41	0.58
Vietnam	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	TBD

Electrical Energy

Source name	Unit	Total kg CO2e per unit	Data source
Solar energy (photovoltaics)	kWh	0.08	DEFRA
Wind energy (onshore)	kWh	0.08	DEFRA
Wind energy (offshore)	kWh	0.08	DEFRA
Hydropower	kWh	0.08	DEFRA
Geothermal energy	kWh	0.08	DEFRA
Wave and tidal energy	kWh	0.08	DEFRA
Biomass energy (self-generated)	kWh	1.04	DEFRA
Nuclear energy (self-generated)	kWh	0.08	DEFRA
Combined heat and power (CHP)	kWh	0.08	DEFRA
Purchased Renewables	kWh	1.14	DEFRA

Fuel and CHP

Source name	Unit	Total kg CO2e per unit	Data source
Source name	Unit	Total kg CO2e per unit	Data source
Gas (by mass)	tonnes	2555.17	DEFRA
Gas (By volume)	m3	2.03	DEFRA
Gas (By energy)	kWh	0.18	DEFRA
LPG	litres	1.56	DEFRA
LPG (By Mass)	tonnes	2993.17	DEFRA
CNG (By energy)	kWh	0.18	DEFRA
Other petroleum gas	litres	1.54	DEFRA
Natural gas	kWh	0.18	DEFRA
Gas oil	litres	2.76	DEFRA
Fuel oil	litres	3.18	DEFRA
Burning oil	litres	2.54	DEFRA
Diesel (100% mineral diesel)	litres	2.70876	DEFRA
Petrol (100% mineral petrol)	litres	2.31495	DEFRA
Aviation turbine fuel	litres	2.54603	DEFRA
Aviation gasoline	litres	2.19839	DEFRA
Biodiesel (used cooking oil)	litres	0.14428	DEFRA
Biodiesel (tallow)	litres	0.14428	DEFRA
Biodiesel	tonnes	4048.35	DEFRA
Bioethanol	tonnes	4466.14	DEFRA

Vehicles

Source name	Unit	Total kg CO2e per unit	Data source
Automobile	km	0.17067	DEFRA
Motorbike	km	0.11135	DEFRA
Vans	km	0.23999	DEFRA

Purchases and Capital Goods

Source name	Unit	Total kg CO2e per unit	Data source
Utilities	USD	2.63	EPA
Textile, apparel and leather products	USD	0.256	EPA
Wood and paper products	USD	0.488	EPA
Petroleum and coal products	USD	0.567	EPA
Chemical and plastic products	USD	0.518	EPA
Mineral products	USD	2.664	EPA
Machinery and equipments	USD	0.245	EPA
Services	USD	0.225	EPA

Upstream and Downstream

Source name	Unit	Total kg CO2e per unit	Data source
Road freight (tonne kilometer)	km	0.58421	DEFRA
Rail freight (tonne kilometer)	km	0.02782	DEFRA
Sea freight (tonne kilometer)	km	0.016142	DEFRA
Air freight (tonne kilometer)	km	0.81489	DEFRA

Waste and End of Life

Source name	Unit	Total kg CO2e per unit	Data source
Mixed metals recycled	tonne	208.71	EPA
Mixed metals (landfilled)	tonne	18.15	EPA
Mixed metals (combusted)	tonne	9.07	EPA
Mixed plastics recycled	tonne	18.15	EPA
Mixed plastics (landfilled)	tonne	18.15	EPA
Mixed plastics (combusted)	tonne	2121.41	EPA
Mixed paper recycled	tonne	63.52	EPA
Mixed paper (landfilled)	tonne	725.95	EPA
Mixed paper (combusted)	tonne	45.37	EPA
Mixed recyclables recycled	tonne	81.87	EPA
Mixed recyclables (landfilled)	tonne	617.06	EPA
Mixed recyclables (combusted)	tonne	99.82	EPA
Mixed organics (landfilled)	tonne	435.57	EPA
Mixed organics (combusted)	tonne	45.37	EPA
Mixed organics (composted)	tonne	154.26	EPA
Glass recycled	tonne	36.3	EPA
Glass (landfilled)	tonne	18.15	EPA
Glass (combusted)	tonne	9.07	EPA
All waste combined (landfilled)	tonne	471.87	EPA
All waste combined (combusted)	tonne	390.29	EPA
Mixed electronics (landfilled)	tonne	16.15	EPA
Mixed electronics (combusted)	tonne	789.47	EPA

Travel and Commute

Source name	Unit	Total kg CO2e per unit	Data source
Automobile	km	0.17067	DEFRA
Motorbike	km	0.11135	DEFRA
Bus (passenger kilometer)	km	0.10448	DEFRA
Airplane (passenger kilometer)	km	0.18362	DEFRA
Train and light rail (passenger kilometer)	km	0.03965	DEFRA
Bus passenger kilometer)	km	0.02861	DEFRA
Commuter rail (passenger kilometer)	km	0.03549	DEFRA

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