Ethiopia
ETHEthiopia runs almost entirely on hydro.
96% of its electricity comes from one source.
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.
Ethiopia 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 Ethiopia
Ethiopia has about as many people as Russia, and 34 times less electricity to share between them.
135 million people against 144 million, but 246 kWh per person a year against 8,283.
Ethiopia generates no oil electricity at all, in a region built on it.
47% of grids in Africa draw more than a tenth of their power from oil.
Ethiopia runs one of the cleanest grids in Africa.
100% of its electricity is low-carbon, third of 53.
Ethiopia’s neighbours
SudanSudan has about as many people as South Korea, and 41 times less electricity to share between them.
KenyaKenya is first in the world for geothermal.
South SudanSouth Sudan runs almost entirely on oil.
EritreaEritrea has about as many people as Qatar, and 142 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.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Ethiopia. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.