Djibouti
DJIDjibouti is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
35% of its electricity is wind and solar; 65% is still fossil. Both are true at once, and that tension is the whole story of the transition.
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.
Djibouti depends heavily on its neighbours for power.
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 Djibouti
Djibouti brings in 75% of the electricity it uses.
Its own power stations cover the rest.
Djibouti generates no hydro electricity at all, in a region built on it.
60% of grids in Africa draw more than a tenth of their power from hydro.
Djibouti is first in Africa for wind.
Wind supplies 35% of its electricity.
Djibouti’s neighbours
EritreaEritrea has about as many people as Qatar, and 142 times less electricity to share between them.
EthiopiaEthiopia runs almost entirely on hydro.
YemenYemen has about as many people as Canada, and 126 times less electricity to share between them.
SomaliaSomalia is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
Saudi ArabiaGas overtook oil on Saudi Arabia's grid in 2016.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Djibouti. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.