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Topic 16 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Madagascar: Energy

Where does a country’s electricity come from, and who can get it?

Madagascar is placed joint 98th of 165 countries on energy in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Carbon Intensity of Electricity 433.75 (2024); Renewable Share of Electricity Generation 42.39 (2024).

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joint98th

of 165 countries placed

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433.75Carbon Intensity of Electricity, 2024Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
42.39Renewable Share of Electricity Generation, 2024Renewables (% of electricity generated)
40.3World Energy Trilemma Index, 2023Trilemma score (0–100)

01The evidence

The 3 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Madagascar on energy — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys

Key 1 of 3
Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Ember
Why it is a key
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
433.75
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
Lower is better
Madagascar: 433.75. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 23.73 (Bhutan) to 1,306 (Turkmenistan); the world median is 433.75.
World median
433.75
Best in Eastern Africa
56.83 Malawi
Key 2 of 3
Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
Ember
Why it is a key
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
42.39
Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Higher is better
Madagascar: 42.39. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 100 (Paraguay); the world median is 32.06.
World median
32.06
Best in Eastern Africa
97.07 Uganda
Key 3 of 3
World Energy Trilemma Index
World Energy Council
Why it is a key
2023 edition · data for 2023 · Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
40.3
Trilemma score (0–100)
Higher is better
Ranked 92nd of 99 by World Energy Council
Madagascar: 40.3. Across the 126 countries in this edition, values run from 27.7 (Niger) to 83.2 (Denmark); the world median is 63.8.
World median
63.8
Best in Eastern Africa
65.3 Mauritius

02Over time

Which way Madagascar is moving

Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.

Carbon Intensity of Electricity

Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) · lower is better

MadagascarWorld median

Madagascar rose from 254.65 in 2000 to 433.75 in 2024; the world median went from 540.34 to 433.75.

Every year’s figures

Year	Madagascar	World median
2024	434	433.7
2023	423	452.7
2022	476	476.3
2021	487	469.0
2020	421	482.0
2019	455	488.2
2018	425	500.4
2017	408	506.3
2016	362	521.9
2015	326	524.8
2014	335	522.3
2013	351	508.8
2012	358	525.4
2011	368	521.4
2010	313	515.5
2009	266	533.6
2008	283	517.2
2007	252	535.3
2006	280	537.5
2005	271	521.4
2004	273	523.1
2003	257	543.1
2002	255	551.3
2001	270	559.3
2000	255	540.3

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation

Renewables (% of electricity generated) · higher is better

MadagascarWorld median

Madagascar fell from 63.95 in 2000 to 42.39 in 2024; the world median went from 15.61 to 32.06.

Every year’s figures

Year	Madagascar	World median
2024	42.4	32.062
2023	44.0	28.000
2022	35.2	28.881
2021	33.2	28.286
2020	40.7	27.125
2019	38.5	26.296
2018	43.3	25.505
2017	41.9	24.023
2016	48.4	22.218
2015	54.2	21.915
2014	52.9	21.151
2013	50.3	21.593
2012	49.4	19.869
2011	47.6	18.584
2010	54.6	18.572
2009	62.2	17.886
2008	59.3	15.923
2007	64.3	15.586
2006	59.8	15.392
2005	61.3	16.438
2004	61.0	16.445
2003	63.5	16.339
2002	64.0	13.826
2001	61.4	14.023
2000	64.0	15.612

03In context

Madagascar beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 165 countries on energy, never a place within the region.

Eastern Africa

1st165thNot placed · 59 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on energy

Madagascar and Eastern Africa

Madagascar has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 165; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.

Country	Standing	Carbon Intensity of ElectricityCarbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)	Renewable Share of Electricity GenerationRenewables (% of electricity generated)	World Energy Trilemma IndexTrilemma score (0–100)
Uganda	3rd	58.52	97.07	—
Burundi	=28th	183.67	75.51	—
Kenya	49th	85.82	91.48	52.4
Malawi	58th	56.83	95.63	36.6
Rwanda	62nd	361.95	49.56	—
Zambia	63rd	125.76	87.47	41.8
Mozambique	67th	129.41	83.43	40.4
Djibouti	75th	430	35	—
Zimbabwe	89th	383.72	57.12	41.6
Somalia	97th	530.23	20.93	—
Madagascar	=98th	433.75	42.39	40.3
Tanzania	=98th	343.89	32.92	39.9
Mauritius	=110th	642.23	17.89	65.3
Seychelles	116th	560.32	15.87	—
Eritrea	=127th	591.11	11.11	—
South Sudan	154th	646.43	1.786	—
Comoros	not placed	—	—	—
Ethiopia	not placed	—	—	44.2
Somaliland	not placed	—	—	—

“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is

Across Eastern Africa

Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 165.

Placed either side on energy

The countries immediately above and below Madagascar in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Madagascar is ahead of the world, and behind

27 more statistics filed under energy, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Ahead of the world median4

Statistics on which Madagascar does better than the middle country measured.

CO₂ Emissions per CapitaGlobal Carbon Project · 2024 · world median 3.210.1423.21No real change since 2014
Madagascar: 0.142 · world median 3.21 · Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person). Global Carbon Project, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.054 to 41.27; lower is better.
Position 201st of 210 · derived, 1st = worst.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)EIA · 2024 · world median 2.7381.1732.738No real change since 2014
Madagascar: 1.173 · world median 2.738 · Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.666 to 17.45; lower is better.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Firms Owning or Sharing a GeneratorWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 24.8517.1524.85No earlier reading
Madagascar: 17.15 · world median 24.85 · Firms owning or sharing a generator (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.158 to 90.51; lower is better.
Chart and every country The 2026 dataset
Low-Carbon Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 37.3242.3937.32▼ Worsened since 2014
Madagascar: 42.39 · world median 37.32 · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Position 78th of 162 · derived.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset

Behind the world median10

Statistics on which Madagascar does worse than the middle country measured.

Wind and Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 5.2794.1155.279▼ Worsened since 2014
Madagascar: 4.115 · world median 5.279 · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 69.12; higher is better.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
RISE Electricity Access Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 65.6763.7265.67▼ Worsened since 2013
Madagascar: 63.72 · world median 65.67 · Electricity access policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 9.471 to 90.47; higher is better.
Position 32nd of 56 · derived.
Chart and every country The 2023 dataset
Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major ConstraintWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 25.7733.325.77No earlier reading
Madagascar: 33.3 · world median 25.77 · Firms rating electricity a major or very severe constraint (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 84.77; lower is better.
Position 65th of 179 · derived, 1st = worst.
Chart and every country The 2026 dataset
Coal Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 020.580▼ Worsened since 2014
Madagascar: 20.58 · world median 0 · Coal (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 98.25; lower is better.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10026.5100▲ Improved since 2014
Madagascar: 26.5 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
RISE Clean Cooking Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 29.723.33329.72▼ Worsened since 2013
Madagascar: 3.333 · world median 29.72 · Clean cooking policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 80.69; higher is better.
Chart and every country The 2023 dataset
RISE Renewable Energy Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 33.269.46833.26▼ Worsened since 2013
Madagascar: 9.468 · world median 33.26 · Renewable energy policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 3.056 to 89.52; higher is better.
Chart and every country The 2023 dataset
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 10042.5100No real change since 2014
Madagascar: 42.5 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
RISE Energy Efficiency Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 48.235.27248.23No real change since 2013
Madagascar: 5.272 · world median 48.23 · Energy efficiency policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.975 to 95.93; higher is better.
Chart and every country The 2023 dataset
Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · 2024 · world median 10011.86100No real change since 2016
Madagascar: 11.86 · world median 100 · Primary schools with access to electricity (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.246 to 100; higher is better.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset

No better end13

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · 2020 · world median 4.2734.7584.273No earlier reading
Madagascar: 4.758 · world median 4.273 · Practical solar power potential (kWh per kWp per day, long-term average). World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.513 to 5.379.
Chart and every country The 2020 dataset
Hydro Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 12.8537.0412.85Moved since 2014
Madagascar: 37.04 · world median 12.85 · Hydropower (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 3.0494.1153.049Moved since 2014
Madagascar: 4.115 · world median 3.049 · Solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Nuclear Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Madagascar: 0 · world median 0 · Nuclear (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 67.4.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)Ember · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Madagascar: 0 · world median 0 · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -70.16 to 707.07.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · 2024 · world median 0.1440.0580.144Moved since 2014
Madagascar: 0.058 · world median 0.144 · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 886.66.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Operating Wind Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 2026 · world median 10016100No earlier reading
Madagascar: 16 · world median 100 · Wind farm capacity in operation (megawatts). Global Energy Monitor, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 542,758.
Chart and every country The 2026 dataset
Operating Coal Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 2026 · world median 525120525No earlier reading
Madagascar: 120 · world median 525 · Coal-fired capacity in operation (megawatts). Global Energy Monitor, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,263,101.
Chart and every country The 2026 dataset
Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 0.0770.0040.077No real change since 2014
Madagascar: 0.004 · world median 0.077 · Primary energy produced (quadrillion Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 130.76.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Madagascar: 0 · world median 0 · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,069.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Crude Oil ProductionEIA · 2025 · world median 000No real change since 2015
Madagascar: 0 · world median 0 · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 13,586.
Chart and every country The 2025 dataset
Gas Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 2.58502.585Moved since 2014
Madagascar: 0 · world median 2.585 · Natural gas (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.97.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
Primary Energy Consumption per CapitaEIA · 2024 · world median 49.51.75249.5No real change since 2014
Madagascar: 1.752 · world median 49.5 · Energy use per person (million Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.95 to 766.07.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset

“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing

05Country Index 2026

Energy among Madagascar’s 16 topics

Energy is Madagascar’s 5th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.

On the profile

06The top of the list

Who leads on energy

The three countries placed highest of 165, and the leaders Madagascar can most readily be measured against.

All 165 countries

1
Bhutan
Southern Asia
1st of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
Norway
Northern Europe
2nd of 165 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Uganda
Eastern Africa
3rd of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

Highest in Africa
Uganda3rd2/3 keys
This page
Madagascar=98th3/3 keys

Positions out of 165 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Questions

Madagascar on energy: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Madagascar rank on energy?

Madagascar is placed joint 98th of 165 countries on Energy in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Carbon Intensity of Electricity, Renewable Share of Electricity Generation and World Energy Trilemma Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest Carbon Intensity of Electricity figure for Madagascar?

433.75 in 2024 (carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 433.75.

What is the latest Renewable Share of Electricity Generation figure for Madagascar?

42.39 in 2024 (renewables (% of electricity generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 32.06.

How have Madagascar’s energy figures changed?

Carbon Intensity of Electricity rose from 254.65 in 2000 to 433.75 in 2024; Renewable Share of Electricity Generation fell from 63.95 in 2000 to 42.39 in 2024.

08Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

This is deliberately the electricity and energy-system subject, not an infrastructure one: roads, railways, ports, water and telecommunications would each need a global series this site does not hold. Emissions are under Environment & Sustainability. Access to electricity is published here in full but takes no part in any ranking — more than half the world’s countries now report 100%, and a position derived from that would read “1, 1, 1 … 123”, which is noise rather than information.

About energy, in full

How the Energy standing is decided

A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.

The energy method, step by step How every standing on this site is built

The key statistics and their licences

Carbon Intensity of Electricity — Ember, CC BY 4.0
Renewable Share of Electricity Generation — Ember, CC BY 4.0
World Energy Trilemma Index — World Energy Council, Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)

The other 27 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Madagascar’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Madagascar (banner) — Bernard Gagnon derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Bhutan — VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0
Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Uganda — Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Nations Inquiry (2026). Madagascar: Energy — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/madagascar/energy

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Madagascar: Energy

The 3 key statistics that decide it

Carbon Intensity of Electricity

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation

World Energy Trilemma Index

Which way Madagascar is moving

Carbon Intensity of Electricity

Renewable Share of Electricity Generation

Madagascar beside its neighbours

Madagascar and Eastern Africa

Across Eastern Africa

Placed either side on energy

Where Madagascar is ahead of the world, and behind

Ahead of the world median4

Behind the world median10

No better end13

Energy among Madagascar’s 16 topics

Who leads on energy

Placed highest nearby

Madagascar on energy: questions answered

Method, sources and how to cite

The key statistics and their licences

Photographs

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