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Electricity demand — Lesotho

Electricity demand in Lesotho in 2024 — 0.58 TWh. Ranked 170 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 100%.

2024 0.58 TWh +28.89% vs 2023
World rank 170of 196
Period maximum 0.96 TWh2021
Period minimum 0.29 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity demand — Lesotho, 2000–202400.250.50.7512000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.29 TWh2001: 0.3 TWh2002: 0.29 TWh2003: 0.32 TWh2004: 0.32 TWh2005: 0.45 TWh2006: 0.55 TWh2007: 0.59 TWh2008: 0.63 TWh2009: 0.77 TWh2010: 0.89 TWh2011: 0.71 TWh2012: 0.78 TWh2013: 0.79 TWh2014: 0.79 TWh2015: 0.79 TWh2016: 0.89 TWh2017: 0.93 TWh2018: 0.91 TWh2019: 0.93 TWh2020: 0.87 TWh2021: 0.96 TWh2022: 0.91 TWh2023: 0.45 TWh2024: 0.58 TWh
Change over the period: +0.29 (+100%) Average annual rate: 2.93 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lesotho

Lesotho 0.58 TWh
World computed 30,797.89 TWh
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 532.4 TWh
Southern Africa computed 257.16 TWh
Lower-middle-income countries computed 3,914.74 TWh
Electricity demand — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 0.58 +0.13 +28.89%
2023 0.45 −0.46 −50.55%
2022 0.91 −0.05 −5.21%
2021 0.96 +0.09 +10.34%
2020 0.87 −0.06 −6.45%
2019 0.93 +0.02 +2.2%
2018 0.91 −0.02 −2.15%
2017 0.93 +0.04 +4.49%
2016 0.89 +0.1 +12.66%
2015 0.79 +0 +0%
2014 0.79 +0 +0%
2013 0.79 +0.01 +1.28%
2012 0.78 +0.07 +9.86%
2011 0.71 −0.18 −20.22%
2010 0.89 +0.12 +15.58%
2009 0.77 +0.14 +22.22%
2008 0.63 +0.04 +6.78%
2007 0.59 +0.04 +7.27%
2006 0.55 +0.1 +22.22%
2005 0.45 +0.13 +40.63%
2004 0.32 +0 +0%
2003 0.32 +0.03 +10.34%
2002 0.29 −0.01 −3.33%
2001 0.3 +0.01 +3.45%
2000 0.29

Southern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Electricity consumption inside a country over the year: generation plus imports, minus exports and losses. The difference from generation can be decisive: a country may consume noticeably more than it produces if it buys electricity from its neighbors — that is how Italy and a dozen small European states live. The reverse case is exporters such as Paraguay, whose generation is a multiple of its own demand.

Important: Demand is lower than generation by the amount of network losses and the plants' own use, but higher than generation in importing countries. The series starts in 2000.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.