Burundi
BDIBurundi has about as many people as Tunisia, and 52 times less electricity to share between them.
14 million people against 12.3 million, but 35 kWh per person a year against 1,807.
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 8 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.
Burundi buys in more electricity than it sends out.
What this means
The share of the electricity used here that was generated abroad and carried in over high-voltage lines. The higher it climbs, the more this country relies on a neighbour to keep its lights on.
Also true of Burundi
Burundi's electricity is cleaner than the world average.
184 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 60% below.
Burundi's grid has been getting dirtier, not cleaner.
Low-carbon electricity went from 100% to 76% in 20 years.
Burundi’s neighbours
RwandaHydro overtook oil on Rwanda's grid in 2014.
TanzaniaTanzania's grid has been getting dirtier, not cleaner.
Democratic Republic of CongoThe Democratic Republic of Congo has about as many people as Japan, and 57 times less electricity to share between them.
UgandaUganda has about as many people as South Korea, and 104 times less electricity to share between them.
KenyaKenya is first in the world for geothermal.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Burundi. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.