Gabon
GABGas overtook hydro on Gabon's grid in 2023.
Today gas supplies 44% and hydro 35%.
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 4 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.
Gabon 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 Gabon
Gas overtook oil on Gabon's grid in 2008.
Today gas supplies 44% and oil 20%.
Gabon’s neighbours
Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea gets next to none of its electricity from oil, in a region built on it.
Congothe Congo's grid has been getting dirtier, not cleaner.
CameroonCameroon has about as many people as Australia, and 43 times less electricity to share between them.
NigeriaNigeria has about as many people as Brazil, and 20 times less electricity to share between them.
Central African RepublicCentral African Republic is second in the world for hydro.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Gabon. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.