Cameroon
CMRCameroon has about as many people as Australia, and 43 times less electricity to share between them.
29 million people against 27 million, but 249 kWh per person a year against 10,615.
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 7 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.
Cameroon 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 Cameroon
Gas overtook oil on Cameroon's grid in 2016.
Today gas supplies 22% and oil 5%.
Cameroon’s neighbours
Congothe Congo's grid has been getting dirtier, not cleaner.
GabonGas overtook hydro on Gabon's grid in 2023.
Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea gets next to none of its electricity from oil, in a region built on it.
NigeriaNigeria has about as many people as Brazil, and 20 times less electricity to share between them.
ChadChad uses less electricity per person than any other country in the world.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Cameroon. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.