Togo
TGOTogo has about as many people as Israel, and 102 times less electricity to share between them.
8.4 million people against 9.5 million, but 84 kWh per person a year against 8,627.
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 5 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.
Togo 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 Togo
Gas overtook oil on Togo's grid in 2018.
Today gas supplies 70% and oil 0%.
Gas overtook hydro on Togo's grid in 2018.
Today gas supplies 70% and hydro 11%.
Togo is among the world's biggest wind and solar producers and still burns fossil fuels for most of its power.
18% of its electricity is wind and solar; 70% is still fossil. Both are true at once, and that tension is the whole story of the transition.
Togo’s neighbours
BeninGas overtook oil on Benin's grid in 2019.
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso has about as many people as Taiwan, and 174 times less electricity to share between them.
GhanaGas overtook hydro on Ghana's grid in 2020.
Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire has about as many people as Saudi Arabia, and 40 times less electricity to share between them.
NigeriaNigeria has about as many people as Brazil, and 20 times less electricity to share between them.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Togo. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.