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Cameroon Electricity Demand

7.3 TWhas of 2024+0.5% vs 2023

Total electricity demand, in terawatt-hours (Ember via Our World in Data). Source: OWID ENERGY. Retrieved June 27, 2026.

Trend

2000 – 2024 · OWID

History

most recent 12 periods
PeriodElectricity Demand
20247.3 TWh
20237.3 TWh
20228.2 TWh
20218.4 TWh
20208.9 TWh
20198.3 TWh
20188.6 TWh
20178.1 TWh
20167.2 TWh
20158 TWh
20147.6 TWh
20137.1 TWh

Get this via API

GET /v1/data

Request the available observations for this indicator as JSON. The response includes source metadata and reporting periods.

curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?country_code=CM&metric_key=electricity_demand_twh" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

Electricity Demand across Africa

View country ranking ->
CountryElectricity DemandPeriod
Nigeria39 TWh2025
Kenya16 TWh2025
South Africa237 TWh2025
Egypt244 TWh2025
Ghana22 TWh2024
Ethiopia31 TWh2025

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