Nigeria trails war-ravaged Yemen as second worst in world electricity availability
The Spectator Index, global national power ranking group has released its latest figures showing that Nigeria is coming second after war ravaged Yemen, and followed by disaster-prone Haiti.
The Spectator Index of the world’s worst electricity supply in 2017, released today @spectatorindex twitter handle, indexed 137 countries.
“Worst electricity supply, 2017. (out of 137 countries) 1. Yemen 2. Nigeria 3. Haiti 4. Lebanon 5. Malawi 10. Venezuela 23. Pakistan 25. Argentina 29. Ethiopia 37. Bangladesh 41. South Africa 42. Sri Lanka 45. Algeria 46. Philippines 50. Turkey (WEF)”, the tweet read.
According to the rating, out of the 137 countries examined in the report, Yemen ranked as worst electricity supply nation in 2017, followed by Nigeria, Haiti, Lebanon and Malawi.
Ethiopia occupied the 37th position, while South Africa and Algeria occupied the 41st and 45th positions respectively.
However, whereas the Advisory Power Team report showed that the national grid capacity stood at 4,000 Megawatts, the report noted that the average power sent out by the Electricity Generating Companies on January 14 stood at 3, 851.06mw, down by 168.58mw recorded the previous day, adding that the peak generation averaged 4,425mw, down by 5.5 percent.
Other rankings where Nigeria featured in The Spectacular Index of 2017 after a study of 137 nations are as follows: Roads quality: 127th Airport quality: 125th Electricity supply: 132nd Education system: 120th Math and science: 118th Innovation: 112th Life expectancy: 133rd Security: 127th Trust in politicians: 130th.
