Fossil electricity share in Sub-Saharan Africa
Oil, gas and coal produced 41.8% of electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2023
41.8%
Change from 2022
−20.7percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Fossil electricity share in Sub-Saharan Africa over time
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% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 41.8% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 62.5% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 63.5% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 64.9% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 66.4% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 67.7% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 68.8% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 72.2% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 72.0% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 71.1% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 71.5% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 72.4% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 72.6% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 72.8% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 73.3% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 74.8% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 76.2% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 75.6% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 75.0% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 74.5% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 75.1% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 74.2% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 74.3% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −20.7 percentage points from 62.5% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 71.5%, the figure has changed by −29.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 48.7%.