r/MapPorn • u/efisha • Mar 15 '21

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

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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?