Uganda
UGAUganda has about as many people as South Korea, and 104 times less electricity to share between them.
50 million people against 52 million, but 116 kWh per person a year against 12,090.
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.
Uganda 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 Uganda
Uganda runs almost entirely on hydro.
86% of its electricity comes from one source.
Uganda’s neighbours
TanzaniaTanzania's grid has been getting dirtier, not cleaner.
KenyaKenya is first in the world for geothermal.
Democratic Republic of CongoThe Democratic Republic of Congo has about as many people as Japan, and 57 times less electricity to share between them.
RwandaHydro overtook oil on Rwanda's grid in 2014.
South SudanSouth Sudan runs almost entirely on oil.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Uganda. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.