Share of coal in electricity generation in Africa

50 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: % of generation. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.0 %
Median country
0.0 %
half above, half below
World
34.4 %
Ember aggregate
Range
0.0 to 98.3
Angola - Botswana

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Across 50 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Botswana (98.3 %) and the lowest in Angola (0.0 %).

The median country is at 0.0 %: half are above, half below.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Coal power over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Angola0.0
2Burundi0.0
3Benin0.0
4Burkina Faso0.0
5Côte d'Ivoire0.0
6Cameroon0.0
7Democratic Republic of the Congo0.0
8Republic of the Congo0.0
9Cabo Verde0.0
10Djibouti0.0
11Algeria0.0
12Egypt0.0
13Eritrea0.0
14Ethiopia0.0
15Gabon0.0
16Ghana0.0
17Guinea0.0
18The Gambia0.0
19Guinea-Bissau0.0
20Equatorial Guinea0.0
21Kenya0.0
22Liberia0.0
23Libya0.0
24Mali0.0
25Mozambique0.0
26Mauritania0.0
27Malawi0.0
28Nigeria0.0
29Sudan0.0
30Sierra Leone0.0
31Somalia0.0
32South Sudan0.0
33Seychelles0.0
34Chad0.0
35Togo0.0
36Tunisia0.0
37Tanzania0.0
38Uganda0.0
39Senegal1.3
40Namibia2.4
41Eswatini3.3
42Zambia10.8
43Rwanda15.0
44Niger17.9
45Madagascar20.6
46Mauritius39.3
47Zimbabwe42.9
48Morocco61.7
49South Africa83.6
50Botswana98.3
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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