Kyrgyzstan
KGZKyrgyzstan uses far more electricity per person than countries at its income level.
2,647 kWh a year, against a median of 1,255 across the 18 lower-middle-income countries here.
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 8 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.
Kyrgyzstan 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 Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan runs almost entirely on hydro.
85% of its electricity comes from one source.
Kyrgyzstan’s neighbours
TajikistanTajikistan gets next to none of its electricity from gas, in a region built on it.
UzbekistanUzbekistan has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
KazakhstanGas overtook hydro on Kazakhstan's grid in 2011.
ChinaChina is first in the world for how much electricity it makes.
AfghanistanAfghanistan generates no gas electricity at all, in a region built on it.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Kyrgyzstan. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.