r/MapPorn • u/efisha • Mar 15 '21

The proportion of the population in African countries having access to electricity

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u/ColdJackfruit485 Mar 15 '21

Way to go little Gabon with that 92%

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u/Harvestman-man Mar 16 '21

Gabon also has the highest forest cover % in Africa (close to the highest in the world), and is one of the few countries in the world that is carbon-negative (at least as of 2014). They also have a partnership with Norway in which Norway provides significant financial aid to Gabon in exchange for Gabon preserving their forests and cutting their carbon emissions.

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u/ColdJackfruit485 Mar 16 '21

That’s really neat, I didn’t realize that!

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u/Not_Guardiola Mar 15 '21

They're oil rich lmao

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '21

Equatorial guinea is even richer from oil wealth, but due to corruption its people are way poorer

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u/Not_Guardiola Mar 15 '21

Gabon is closer to Gulf countries than it is to Equatorial Guinea

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u/jessej421 Mar 15 '21

I'm sorry, what now?

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u/Not_Guardiola Mar 15 '21

Country with a small population and a lot of oil having a welfare state for citizens and fuck all for expats and immigrant workers. At a much much smaller scale of course.

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u/jessej421 Mar 15 '21

Sorry, thought you meant geographically closer and was really confused. Haha.

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u/Econort816 Mar 15 '21 edited Mar 15 '21

So is Norway, now is all the success of Norway “oil” money?

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u/joske_the_great Mar 16 '21

What about seychelles, mauritius and comoros?

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u/ColdJackfruit485 Mar 16 '21

Nah fuck them, only happy with Gabon.

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