Electricity demand per capita in Africa

51 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: MWh per person. World ranking →

First in the ranking
4.83 MWh
Median country
0.27 MWh
half above, half below
World total
3.81 MWh
Ember aggregate
Range
0.02 to 4.83
Chad - Seychelles

How to read it

Across 51 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Seychelles (4.83 MWh) and the lowest in Chad (0.02 MWh).

The median country is at 0.27 MWh: half are above, half below.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Electricity per capita over time

MWh

Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Seychelles4.83
2Libya4.69
3South Africa3.85
4Mauritius2.68
5Egypt2.03
6Algeria2.00
7Tunisia1.95
8Botswana1.85
9Namibia1.33
10Eswatini1.33
11Gabon1.25
12Morocco1.18
13Cabo Verde0.99
14Republic of the Congo0.85
15Equatorial Guinea0.79
16Zambia0.78
17Zimbabwe0.73
18Djibouti0.68
19Ghana0.63
20Mozambique0.48
21Mauritania0.46
22Senegal0.44
23Angola0.41
24Côte d'Ivoire0.32
25Sudan0.31
26Guinea0.27
27Kenya0.26
28Cameroon0.25
29Lesotho0.25
30Togo0.23
31Mali0.22
32The Gambia0.18
33Ethiopia0.18
34Benin0.16
35Democratic Republic of the Congo0.16
36Nigeria0.15
37Burkina Faso0.14
38Tanzania0.13
39Eritrea0.13
40Uganda0.11
41Liberia0.10
42Rwanda0.09
43Malawi0.08
44Niger0.08
45Madagascar0.08
46South Sudan0.05
47Burundi0.04
48Guinea-Bissau0.04
49Sierra Leone0.02
50Somalia0.02
51Chad0.02
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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