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Electricity Demand by African country

2025

Total electricity demand, in terawatt-hours (Ember via Our World in Data).

Africa, 20257 of 54 countries
640.1total across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2025Egypt · 244.3Lowest in 2025Kenya · 15.6Reported in 20257 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
075.0150.0225.0300.0Egypt244.3South Africa236.8Morocco48.2Nigeria39.2Ethiopia31.0Tunisia24.9Kenya15.6Algeriano dataAngolano dataBeninno dataBotswanano dataBurkina Fasono dataBurundino dataCabo Verdeno dataCameroonno dataCentral African Republicno dataChadno dataComorosno dataCote d'Ivoireno dataDemocratic Republic of the Congono dataDjiboutino dataEquatorial Guineano dataEritreano dataEswatinino dataGabonno dataGambiano dataGhanano dataGuineano dataGuinea-Bissauno dataLesothono dataLiberiano dataLibyano dataMadagascarno dataMalawino dataMalino dataMauritaniano dataMauritiusno dataMozambiqueno dataNamibiano dataNigerno dataRepublic of the Congono dataRwandano dataSao Tome and Principeno dataSenegalno dataSeychellesno dataSierra Leoneno dataSomaliano dataSouth Sudanno dataSudanno dataTanzaniano dataTogono dataUgandano dataZambiano dataZimbabweno data
20142025
Ember via OWID · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Northern Africa3 of 6 countries317.4
Southern Africa1 of 5 countries236.8
Eastern Africa2 of 18 countries46.6
Western Africa1 of 16 countries39.2
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 7 with a 2025 figure640.1

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
47 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 42 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Electricity DemandTotal electricity demand, in terawatt-hours (Ember via Our World in Data).
SourceEmber via OWID, with processing by Africa API
Unitterawatt hours
Last updated27 Jun 2026
Next expected updateJun 2027
Date range2000–2025
Coverage7 of 54 countries · 7 reported, 0 modelled, 47 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 7 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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Everything on this page is open under CC BY 4.0 — use it anywhere, including commercially, as long as Africa API and the original provider are credited. The provider’s own licence still applies to their data.

How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Electricity Demand". Data adapted from Ember via OWID. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/electricity-demand
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=electricity_demand_twh&year=2025&limit=100

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Electricity Demand: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

54 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryElectricity DemandPeriod
1Egypt244 TWh2025
2South Africa237 TWh2025
3Algeria94 TWh2024
4Morocco48 TWh2025
5Nigeria39 TWh2025
6Libya35 TWh2024
7Ethiopia31 TWh2025
8Tunisia25 TWh2025
9Ghana22 TWh2024
10Democratic Republic of the Congo17 TWh2024
11Zambia17 TWh2024
12Mozambique16 TWh2024
13Angola16 TWh2024
14Kenya16 TWh2025
15Sudan16 TWh2024
16Zimbabwe12 TWh2024
17Cote d'Ivoire10 TWh2024
18Tanzania9 TWh2024
19Senegal8.1 TWh2024
20Cameroon7.3 TWh2024
21Mali5.5 TWh2024
22Republic of the Congo5.4 TWh2024
23Uganda5.4 TWh2024
24Botswana4.7 TWh2024
25Namibia4 TWh2024
26Guinea4 TWh2024
27Mauritius3.4 TWh2024
28Burkina Faso3.2 TWh2024
29Gabon3.2 TWh2024
30Madagascar2.4 TWh2024
31Mauritania2.4 TWh2024
32Benin2.3 TWh2024
33Togo2.2 TWh2024
34Niger2.2 TWh2024
35Malawi1.8 TWh2024
36Eswatini1.7 TWh2024
37Equatorial Guinea1.5 TWh2024
38Rwanda1.2 TWh2024
39Djibouti0.8 TWh2024
40Seychelles0.6 TWh2024
41Lesotho0.6 TWh2024
42Burundi0.6 TWh2024
43Liberia0.6 TWh2024
44South Sudan0.6 TWh2024
45Cabo Verde0.5 TWh2024
46Gambia0.5 TWh2024
47Eritrea0.5 TWh2024
48Somalia0.4 TWh2024
49Chad0.4 TWh2024
50Sierra Leone0.2 TWh2024
51Central African Republic0.1 TWh2023
52Comoros0.1 TWh2023
53Sao Tome and Principe0.1 TWh2023
54Guinea-Bissau0.1 TWh2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 54 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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