Mali
MLIMali has about as many people as Taiwan, and 51 times less electricity to share between them.
24 million people against 23 million, but 243 kWh per person a year against 12,478.
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.
Mali 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 Mali
Oil overtook hydro on Mali's grid in 2017.
Today oil supplies 81% and hydro 15%.
Mali's grid has been getting dirtier, not cleaner.
Low-carbon electricity went from 38% to 19% in 5 years.
Mali's electricity is dirtier than the world average.
539 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 18% above.
Mali’s neighbours
SenegalSenegal has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
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.
MauritaniaMauritania has about as many people as Norway, and 71 times less electricity to share between them.
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso has about as many people as Taiwan, and 174 times less electricity to share between them.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Mali. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.