Nepal
NPLNepal runs almost entirely on hydro.
99% 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.
Nepal 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 Nepal
Nepal's electricity is cleaner than the world average.
24 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 95% below.
Nepal has about as many people as Saudi Arabia, and 36 times less electricity to share between them.
30 million people against 34 million, but 375 kWh per person a year against 13,386.
Nepal runs one of the cleanest grids in Asia.
100% of its electricity is low-carbon, second of 51.
Nepal’s neighbours
IndiaIndia is third in the world for how much electricity it makes.
ChinaChina is first in the world for how much electricity it makes.
BhutanBhutan runs one of the cleanest grids in the world.
BangladeshCoal overtook oil on Bangladesh's grid in 2024.
PakistanSolar overtook coal on Pakistan's grid in 2025.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Nepal. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.