As the second-biggest continent, Africa has 60% of the world's solar potential, but it produces less than 2% of the world's power. Even far smaller regions such as Oceania and Latin America generate more than Africa. With a total production of 17 terawatt hours – a unit of energy equal to generating 1-trillion watts for one hour – all of Africa produces less than some countries in Europe, such as Italy (25TWh) and Spain (27TWh). In 2021 France produced almost as much as the whole of Africa (15.7TWh). South Africa, Egypt and Morocco produce more than 70% of Africa’s solar power. Coal-dependent South Africa generated 6.7TWh, or 40% of the continent's total solar power, in 2021.