Lesotho
LSOLesotho runs almost entirely on hydro.
100% 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.
Lesotho 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 Lesotho
Lesotho brings in 47% of the electricity it uses.
Its own power stations cover the rest.
Lesotho has about as many people as Slovenia, and 33 times less electricity to share between them.
2.3 million people against 2.1 million, but 210 kWh per person a year against 7,010.
Lesotho 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.
Lesotho’s neighbours
Figures are for 2022, the most recent year reported for Lesotho. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.