Solar panel price vs Fossil CO2 emissions per capita

In 2023, solar panel price worldwide was 0.18 million USD per MW; fossil CO2 emissions per capita was 4.71 tonnes per capita.

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Solar panel price

Unit: million USD per MW · 2 observations

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Solar panel priceSolar panel price. 2 observations from 2015 to 2023, ranging from 0.18 million USD per MW to 0.74 million USD per MW. Latest value 0.18 million USD per MW (2023). million USD per MW 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 0.74 0.18
Solar panel priceSolar panel price. 2 observations from 2015 to 2023, ranging from 0.18 million USD per MW to 0.74 million USD per MW. Latest value 0.18 million USD per MW (2023). million USD per MW 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 0.74 0.18
Solar panel priceSolar panel price. 2 observations from 2015 to 2023, ranging from 0.18 million USD per MW to 0.74 million USD per MW. Latest value 0.18 million USD per MW (2023). million USD per MW 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 0.74 0.18
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Solar panel price
Period Type Value
2015 Actual 0.74 million USD per MW
2023 Actual 0.18 million USD per MW
Source: IEA · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

Fossil CO2 emissions per capita

Unit: tonnes per capita · 9 observations

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Estimates are listed as such in the table below

Fossil CO2 emissions per capitaFossil CO2 emissions per capita. 9 observations from 2015 to 2023, ranging from 4.46 tonnes per capita to 4.75 tonnes per capita. Latest value 4.71 tonnes per capita (2023). tonnes per capita 0 1 2 3 4 5 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 4.71
Fossil CO2 emissions per capitaFossil CO2 emissions per capita. 9 observations from 2015 to 2023, ranging from 4.46 tonnes per capita to 4.75 tonnes per capita. Latest value 4.71 tonnes per capita (2023). tonnes per capita 0 2 4 6 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 4.71
Fossil CO2 emissions per capitaFossil CO2 emissions per capita. 9 observations from 2015 to 2023, ranging from 4.46 tonnes per capita to 4.75 tonnes per capita. Latest value 4.71 tonnes per capita (2023). tonnes per capita 0 2 4 6 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 4.71
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Fossil CO2 emissions per capita
Period Type Value
2015 Estimate 4.74 tonnes per capita
2016 Estimate 4.68 tonnes per capita
2017 Estimate 4.71 tonnes per capita
2018 Estimate 4.75 tonnes per capita
2019 Estimate 4.75 tonnes per capita
2020 Estimate 4.46 tonnes per capita
2021 Estimate 4.63 tonnes per capita
2022 Estimate 4.68 tonnes per capita
2023 Estimate 4.71 tonnes per capita
Source: GCP · CC BY 4.0 · Full series

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Period Solar panel price Fossil CO2 emissions per capita
2015 0.74 million USD per MW IEA 4.74 tonnes per capita GCP
2023 0.18 million USD per MW IEA 4.71 tonnes per capita GCP

Provenance

Where these numbers come from

Solar panel price

The average price of solar panels per unit of capacity.

2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: IEA

Fossil CO2 emissions per capita

Annual fossil carbon dioxide emissions per capita from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes.

9 observations charted in Global (of 35 annual records) · source organisations: GCP

Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON

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