Cote d'Ivoire
CIVCote d'Ivoire has about as many people as Saudi Arabia, and 40 times less electricity to share between them.
32 million people against 34 million, but 338 kWh per person a year against 13,386.
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 5 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.
Cote d'Ivoire generates a surplus and sells it on.
What this means
The share of what this country generates that is sold abroad rather than used at home. A country can only export if it produces more than it needs, which usually means plentiful hydro, nuclear or wind.
Also true of Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire's electricity is about as carbon-heavy as the world's.
405 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour, against a world figure of 458.
Cote d'Ivoire’s neighbours
MaliMali has about as many people as Taiwan, and 51 times less electricity to share between them.
GhanaGas overtook hydro on Ghana's grid in 2020.
GuineaGuinea has taken the carbon out of its electricity fast.
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso has about as many people as Taiwan, and 174 times less electricity to share between them.
LiberiaHydro overtook oil on Liberia's grid in 2023.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Cote d'Ivoire. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.