Thailand
THAThailand is third in Asia for bioenergy.
Bioenergy supplies 5% of its electricity.
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.
Thailand buys in more electricity than it sends out.
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.
More of its fuel is bought in than produced at home.
What this means
How much of what this grid runs on the country can supply itself. Sun, wind and water count fully, because nobody can cut them off; coal, gas and oil only as far as the country digs them up. A high score is not the same as a good grid: mining your own coal scores well, importing uranium scores badly.
Also true of Thailand
Thailand has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
Low-carbon electricity went from 6% to 17% in 20 years.
Thailand’s neighbours
MalaysiaCoal overtook gas on Malaysia's grid in 2016.
LaosLaos generates no gas electricity at all, in a region built on it.
MyanmarMyanmar has about as many people as South Korea, and 30 times less electricity to share between them.
CambodiaCoal overtook hydro on Cambodia's grid in 2023.
VietnamVietnam uses far more electricity per person than countries at its income level.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Thailand. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.