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Switzerland

Country Scorecard

[2011 Grades]

CO₂ Trend:	A
CO₂ Intensity:	A
CO₂ Footprint:	C

Grade Explanation

TREND: In 2011 the annual CO2 footprint of Switzerland reduced by -4.79% and at the same time it also improved the CO2 intensity of its economy by -5.80%. INTENSITY & FOOTPRINT: It has low CO2 intensity but its annual CO2 footprint is moderately high.

[2008 Grades]

CO₂ Trend:	D
CO₂ Intensity:	A
CO₂ Footprint:	C

[Data Source: EIA-US] View grading methodology

Grade Explanation

TREND: In 2008 the annual CO2 footprint of Switzerland worsened by 5.96% and at the same time the CO2 intensity of its economy deteriorated by 4.26%. The situation represents the worst case scenario for the annual change in the CO2 emissions profile of a country.

LEVEL: It has low CO2 intensity but its annual CO2 footprint is moderately high.

Key Trends and Summary

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CO2 EMISSIONS: Switzerland released 43.36 million metric tons of CO2 in the year 2011, and is ranked #68 out of 216 countries. With per capita CO2 emissions of 5.52 metric tons per year, it is in the 3rd quartile globally. Its CO2 intensity (kg per unit GDP 2005 PPP $) is 0.14, which is lower than the average of 0.33 for its income group--the High income: OECD countries. Regarding the trend, the total CO2 emissions have decreased by -4.79% during 2010-11. Over the past five years, the total CO2 emissions has improved by -4.79%, and over the last decade the total CO2 emissions has fallen by -5.55%.

POWER GENERATION: The total net generation for Switzerland in 2011 was 60.18 million Mwh. Power supply from conventional thermal sources accounted for 1.76% of the total. In comparison, renewable sources including hydroelectricity contributed 57.15% of the total. The share of the non-hydro renewable component in the total generation was 4.27%. Finally, nuclear generation contributed 42.17% of the total supply nationally (25.38 million Mwh).

[Data Source: EIA-US and World Bank-WDI]

CO₂ and Energy Intensity Ratios

1	CO2 per capita (metric tons) [EIA 2011]	5.52	3rd Quartile
2	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP) [EIA 2011]	.14	Bottom Quartile
3	CO2 per unit energy consumed (kg per mill BTU) [EIA 2011]	34.55	Bottom Quartile
4	Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (Million Btu per Person) [EIA 2011]	159.87	3rd Quartile
5	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 PPP $) [EIA 2011]	4,090.01	2nd Quartile

CO₂ Emissions by Fuel Type and Energy Mix

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1	CO2 Emissions-Totals
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
1.1.a	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	BP	2012	41.84	2.88%	1.02%	-5.62%	-5.49%
1.1.b	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	36.12	3.01%	0.33%	-7.13%	-10.53%
1.1.c	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	EDGAR/PBL	2012	46.29	2.82%		9.45%	11.34%
1.1.d	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	EIA	2011	43.36	-4.79%	-4.79%	-5.55%	-0.27%
1.1.e	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	IEA	2011	39.86	-9.07%	-9.52%	-6.41%	-2.09%
1.1.f	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	UNFCCC	2011	41.98	-8.82%	-4.39%	-2.78%	-0.32%
1.1.g	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	WDI	2010	38.76	-6.83%	-6.37%	-0.77%	-9.73%
2	CO2 Intensities and Ratios
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
2.1.a	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	CDIAC	2010	5.02	-6.81%	-9.28%	-6.81%	-19.89%
2.1.b	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	EIA	2011	5.52	-7.12%	-8.33%	-11.64%	-12.78%
2.1.c	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	IEA	2011	5.07	-10.03%	-13.10%	-13.36%	-15.44%
2.1.d	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	WDI	2010	4.95	-7.80%	-11.01%	-8.90%	-22.57%
2.2	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2000 US$ of GDP)	WDI	2010	0.09	-9.50%	-41.60%	-42.00%	-52.55%
2.3	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 US$ of GDP)	EIA	2011	0.10	-5.73%	-11.37%	-19.62%	-24.79%
2.4.a	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)	EIA	2011	0.14	-5.80%	-11.44%	-19.68%	-24.83%
2.4.b	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)	WDI	2010	0.13	-9.50%	-18.43%	-19.00%	-33.72%
2.5	CO2 per unit energy consumed (kg per mill BTU)	EIA	2011	34.55	-5.40%	-2.52%	1.34%	-6.36%
2.6	CO2 intensity (kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use)	WDI	2010	1.48	-4.10%	-7.67%	-7.36%	-18.03%
2.7	CO2 intensity (kg per kg of oil equivalent TPES)	IEA	2008	1.64	-0.32%	-2.49%	-3.88%	-3.35%
2.8	CO2 per unit electricity (Kg /MWh)	IEA	2008	27.39	0.48%	2.63%	-0.09%	26.86%
3	CO2 Emissions by Source
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
3.1.a	CO2 solid fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	0.59	6.78%	-9.83%	10.55%	-58.40%
3.1.b	CO2 solid fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2011	0.32	-18.77%	-38.55%	-37.33%	-77.24%
3.3.a	CO2 gas fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	6.60	7.93%	9.35%	15.90%	76.64%
3.3.b	CO2 gas fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2011	6.26	-11.19%	-1.06%	5.72%	63.99%
3.4.a	CO2 liguid fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	28.93	1.88%	-1.30%	-11.43%	-17.84%
3.4.b	CO2 liguid fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2011	36.78	-3.46%	-4.94%	-6.83%	-3.87%
3.5	CO2 cement (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	1.90	0.00%	-4.99%	0.75%	-27.10%
4	Energy Consumption and Intensity
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
4.1	Total Primary Energy Consumption (Quad BTU)	EIA	2011	1.26	-0.80%	-2.32%	-6.80%	6.51%
4.2	Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (Million Btu per Person)	EIA	2011	159.87	-1.82%	-5.95%	-12.81%	-6.85%
4.3	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 US$)	EIA	2011	2,998	-2.53%	-9.07%	-20.67%	-19.68%
4.4	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 PPP $)	EIA	2011	4,090	-2.53%	-9.15%	-20.74%	-19.72%
5	Electricity/Energy Total Supply
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
5.1.a	Total Net Generation (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	60.18	-5.36%	1.24%	-11.84%	14.56%
5.1.b	Total Net Generation (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	67.99	8.09%	2.29%	3.83%	23.64%
5.2	Total Primary Energy Supply (Quad BTU)	EIA	2011	0.60	-5.40%	-0.27%	-14.72%	8.23%
6	Thermal Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
6.1	Total Conventional Thermal (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	1.06	1.08%	16.31%	2.56%	79.70%
6.2	Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)	WDI	2012	0.00				-100.00%
6.3	Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)	WDI	2012	1.52	-3.66%	34.78%	11.89%	152.67%
6.4	Electricity production from oil sources (% of total)	WDI	2012	0.09	-2.70%	-67.94%	-74.89%	-87.18%
6.5	Electricity production from coal sources (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	0.00				-100.00%
6.6	Electricity production from natural gas sources (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	1.03	4.13%	37.87%	16.18%	212.39%
6.7	Electricity production from oil sources (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	0.06	5.17%	-67.20%	-73.93%	-84.16%
7	Hydroelectric Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
7.1.a	Hydroelectric (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	31.82	-10.87%	3.82%	-22.19%	7.87%
7.1.b	Hydroelectric (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	38.60	19.17%	9.50%	9.62%	29.55%
7.2	Hydroelectric (% of total)	WDI	2012	56.78	10.25%	7.05%	5.57%	4.78%
8	Renewables Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
8.1	Total Renewables (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	34.39	-10.08%	4.53%	-18.77%	14.52%
8.2	Total Renewables (% of total)	EIA	2011	57.15	-4.99%	3.25%	-7.87%	-0.03%
8.3	Total Renewables non-hydro (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	2.57	0.94%	14.24%	78.30%	383.99%
8.4	Total Renewables non-hydro (% of total)	EIA	2011	4.27	6.66%	12.85%	102.24%	322.47%
8.5	Wind (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	0.04	0.00%	158.74%	825.00%
8.6	Solar, Tide and Wave (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	0.08	0.00%	280.73%	628.07%
8.7	Biomass and Waste (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	2.45	0.99%	10.68%	71.81%	361.39%
8.8	Geothermal (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	0.00
9	Nuclear Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
9.1.a	Nuclear (millionMwh)	EIA	2011	25.38	1.41%	-3.98%	-0.37%	13.19%
9.1.b	Nuclear (millionMwh)	WDI	2012	25.44	-4.75%	-8.90%	-6.59%	7.63%
9.2	Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)	WDI	2012	37.42	-11.88%	-10.94%	-10.04%	-12.94%
10	Installed Capacity and Utilization
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
10.1	Total Electricity Installed Capacity (Million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	18.07	1.95%	-5.49%	-4.42%	9.11%
10.2	Installed Capacity-Thermal (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	0.56	13.44%	7.32%	11.40%	65.77%
10.3	Capacity Utilization-Conventional Thermal (%)	EIA	2010	21.46	7.71%	-2.04%	-18.90%	7.25%
10.4	Installed Capacity-Renewables (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	12.45	2.16%	-9.35%	-8.17%	5.27%
10.5	Capacity Utilization-Renewables (%)	EIA	2010	35.08	-0.64%	28.11%	9.61%	20.99%
10.6	Installed Capacity-Renewables-non hydro (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	0.54	13.36%	45.19%	73.48%	254.90%
10.7	Capacity Utilization-Renewables-non-hydro (%)	EIA	2010	53.52	-5.02%	-13.14%	-4.16%	35.10%
10.8	Solar Photovoltaic (PV) capacity cumulative (MW)	BP	2012	410.00	94.22%	1,032.60%	2,002.56%
11	Socio Economic Indicators
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
11.1	Population, Total	WDI	2012	7,997,152	1.07%	5.91%	9.78%	19.15%
11.2	GDP (2000 US$)	WDI	2012	439,794,614,970	1.05%	53.53%	73.20%	95.66%
11.3	GDP (2005 PPP $)	WDI	2012	426,092,795,430	5.42%	30.70%	73.78%	156.44%
11.4	GDP growth (annual %)	WDI	2012	1.05	-41.40%	-71.21%	136.74%	-72.38%
11.5	GDP per capita (2000 US$)	WDI	2012	54,994	-0.02%	44.97%	57.77%	64.22%
11.6	GDP per capita (2005 PPP $)	WDI	2012	39,293	-0.02%	3.80%	12.97%	17.58%

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