Liberia
LBRHydro overtook oil on Liberia's grid in 2023.
Today hydro supplies 53% and oil 46%.
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 6 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.
Liberia 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 Liberia
Liberia has taken the carbon out of its electricity fast.
667 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour in 2014, 316 in 2024.
Liberia has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
Low-carbon electricity went from 31% to 54% in 5 years.
Liberia's electricity is cleaner than the world average.
316 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 31% below.
Liberia’s neighbours
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone has about as many people as Israel, and 355 times less electricity to share between them.
GuineaGuinea has taken the carbon out of its electricity fast.
Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire has about as many people as Saudi Arabia, and 40 times less electricity to share between them.
GhanaGas overtook hydro on Ghana's grid in 2020.
MaliMali has about as many people as Taiwan, and 51 times less electricity to share between them.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Liberia. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.