American Samoa
ASMAmerican Samoa generates no hydro electricity at all, in a region built on it.
60% of grids in Oceania draw more than a tenth of their power from hydro.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Cleaner than 2 in 10 grids worldwide.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
American Samoa generates almost exactly what it uses, with next to nothing crossing its borders.
What this means
Electricity can be sold across a border like anything else, through high-voltage lines connecting one country's grid to the next. Buying it in means leaning on a neighbour to keep the lights on. Selling it means generating more than the country needs.
Also true of American Samoa
American Samoa's electricity is dirtier than the world average.
611 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 33% above.
American Samoa’s neighbours
SamoaSamoa is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
FijiHydro overtook oil on Fiji's grid in 2018.
New CaledoniaCoal overtook hydro on New Caledonia's grid in 2010.
Solomon IslandsThe Solomon Islands generates no hydro electricity at all, in a region built on it.
New ZealandNew Zealand is third in the world for geothermal.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for American Samoa. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.