Tajikistan
TJKTajikistan gets next to none of its electricity from gas, in a region built on it.
65% of grids in Asia draw more than a tenth of their power from gas.
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.
Tajikistan 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 Tajikistan
Tajikistan runs almost entirely on hydro.
94% of its electricity comes from one source.
Tajikistan runs one of the cleanest grids in Asia.
94% of its electricity is low-carbon, third of 51.
Tajikistan sends abroad the equivalent of 27% of what it uses.
A net exporter, on the year's balance.
Tajikistan’s neighbours
KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan uses far more electricity per person than countries at its income level.
UzbekistanUzbekistan has cleaned up its grid faster than most people realise.
AfghanistanAfghanistan generates no gas electricity at all, in a region built on it.
ChinaChina is first in the world for how much electricity it makes.
PakistanSolar overtook coal on Pakistan's grid in 2025.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Tajikistan. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.