Tunisia
TUNTunisia gets next to none of its electricity from hydro, in a region built on it.
60% of grids in Africa draw more than a tenth of their power from hydro.
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 3 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.
Tunisia 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.
Also true of Tunisia
Tunisia's electricity is dirtier than the world average.
560 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 22% above.
Tunisia uses far more electricity per person than countries at its income level.
2,016 kWh a year, against a median of 1,255 across the 18 lower-middle-income countries here.
Tunisia’s neighbours
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Tunisia. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.