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Primary Energy per Capita by African country

2024

Primary energy consumption per person, in kilowatt-hours (Energy Institute / Ember via Our World in Data).

Africa, 20244 of 54 countries
13,279population-weighted average
Highest in 2024South Africa · 21,287Lowest in 2024Morocco · 7,257Reported in 20244 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — no dataSudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — 21,287Lesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — no dataCameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — no dataEswatini — no dataAngola — no dataBurundi — no dataMadagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — no dataAlgeria — 16,237Eritrea — no dataMorocco — 7,257Egypt — 9,661Libya — no dataEthiopia — no dataDjibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeriaNigeriaEthiopiaEthiopiaKenyaKenyaSouth Africa 21,287South Africa 21,2872024HIGHEST IN 2024South Africa21,287Algeria16,237Egypt9,661Morocco7,257LOWEST IN 2024Morocco7,257Egypt9,661Algeria16,237South Africa21,287PINNEDEthiopiano dataKenyano dataNigeriano dataOTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno datakwh per capita · quintiles of the observed range7k7k10k10k16k21kno record
20142024
Ember via OWID · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Southern Africa1 of 5 countries21,287
Northern Africa3 of 6 countries10,735
Western Africa0 of 16 countries—
Eastern Africa0 of 18 countries—
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 4 with a 2024 figure13,279

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
50 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi and 45 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 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Primary Energy per CapitaPrimary energy consumption per person, in kilowatt-hours (Energy Institute / Ember via Our World in Data).
SourceEmber via OWID, with processing by Africa API
Unitkwh per capita
Last updated27 Jun 2026
Next expected updateJun 2027
Date range1990–2024
Coverage4 of 54 countries · 4 reported, 0 modelled, 50 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 4 countries did so for 2024 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2024 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.

Reuse and cite

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) — "Primary Energy per Capita". Data adapted from Ember via OWID. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/energy-per-capita
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=primary_energy_per_capita_kwh&year=2024&limit=100

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Primary Energy per Capita: 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.

#CountryPrimary Energy per CapitaPeriod
1Libya29,554 kWh2023
2Seychelles28,967 kWh2023
3South Africa21,287 kWh2024
4Mauritius17,639 kWh2023
5Algeria16,237 kWh2024
6Equatorial Guinea15,975 kWh2023
7Tunisia9,892 kWh2023
8Egypt9,661 kWh2024
9Botswana9,508 kWh2023
10Morocco7,257 kWh2024
11Gabon6,477 kWh2023
12Namibia6,370 kWh2023
13Cabo Verde5,861 kWh2023
14Eswatini5,517 kWh2023
15Mauritania4,142 kWh2023
16Zimbabwe3,181 kWh2023
17Ghana3,075 kWh2023
18Djibouti3,056 kWh2023
19Angola2,680 kWh2023
20Sao Tome and Principe2,601 kWh2023
21Cote d'Ivoire2,488 kWh2023
22Senegal2,433 kWh2023
23Zambia2,422 kWh2023
24Lesotho2,379 kWh2023
25Nigeria2,343 kWh2023
26Republic of the Congo2,154 kWh2023
27Comoros2,092 kWh2023
28Benin1,897 kWh2023
29Sudan1,801 kWh2023
30Mozambique1,697 kWh2023
31Kenya1,608 kWh2023
32Guinea1,534 kWh2023
33Togo1,505 kWh2023
34Mali1,262 kWh2023
35Cameroon1,252 kWh2023
36Tanzania1,199 kWh2023
37Burkina Faso1,020 kWh2023
38Eritrea873 kWh2023
39Gambia800 kWh2023
40Ethiopia693 kWh2023
41Guinea-Bissau689 kWh2023
42Sierra Leone674 kWh2023
43Uganda660 kWh2023
44South Sudan613 kWh2023
45Liberia534 kWh2023
46Madagascar532 kWh2023
47Rwanda530 kWh2023
48Malawi525 kWh2023
49Niger519 kWh2023
50Chad440 kWh2023
51Democratic Republic of the Congo382 kWh2023
52Central African Republic280 kWh2023
53Burundi277 kWh2023
54Somalia190 kWh2023
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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