Zimbabwe
ZWEHydro overtook coal on Zimbabwe's grid in 2017.
Today hydro supplies 56% and coal 43%.
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 6 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.
Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's electricity is cleaner than the world average.
384 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 16% below.
Zimbabwe’s neighbours
ZambiaZambia's grid has been getting more carbon-heavy, not less.
MozambiqueMozambique has about as many people as Saudi Arabia, and 23 times less electricity to share between them.
BotswanaBotswana is first in the world for coal.
South AfricaSouth Africa is third in the world for coal.
EswatiniHydro overtook bioenergy on Eswatini's grid in 2021.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Zimbabwe. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.