Bhutan
BTNBhutan runs one of the cleanest grids in the world.
100% of its electricity is low-carbon, second of 201.
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.
Among the cleanest electricity anywhere.
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.
Bhutan 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 Bhutan
Bhutan generates no gas electricity at all, in a region built on it.
65% of grids in Asia draw more than a tenth of their power from gas.
Bhutan's electricity is cleaner than the world average.
24 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 95% below.
Bhutan generates no coal electricity at all, in a region built on it.
45% of grids in Asia draw more than a tenth of their power from coal.
Bhutan’s neighbours
IndiaIndia is third in the world for how much electricity it makes.
ChinaChina is first in the world for how much electricity it makes.
BangladeshCoal overtook oil on Bangladesh's grid in 2024.
NepalNepal runs almost entirely on hydro.
MyanmarMyanmar has about as many people as South Korea, and 30 times less electricity to share between them.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Bhutan. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.