Electricity demand — all countries

Electricity demand — Western Africa

Electricity demand in Western Africa in 2024 — 98.89 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 210.4%.

2024 98.89 TWh −4.03% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 103.04 TWh2023
Period minimum 31.86 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity demand — Western Africa, 2000–20240501001502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 31.86 TWh2001: 33.99 TWh2002: 40.25 TWh2003: 37.52 TWh2004: 42.54 TWh2005: 43.32 TWh2006: 44.76 TWh2007: 44.36 TWh2008: 44.44 TWh2009: 44.24 TWh2010: 52.88 TWh2011: 56.04 TWh2012: 60.11 TWh2013: 61.92 TWh2014: 67.91 TWh2015: 68.59 TWh2016: 75.65 TWh2017: 70.51 TWh2018: 78.13 TWh2019: 82.62 TWh2020: 87.45 TWh2021: 93.8 TWh2022: 97.42 TWh2023: 103.04 TWh2024: 98.89 TWh
Change over the period: +67.03 (+210.39%) Average annual rate: 4.83 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Africa 98.89 TWh
World computed 30,797.89 TWh
Electricity demand — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 98.89 −4.15 −4.03%
2023 103.04 +5.62 +5.77%
2022 97.42 +3.62 +3.86%
2021 93.8 +6.35 +7.26%
2020 87.45 +4.83 +5.85%
2019 82.62 +4.49 +5.75%
2018 78.13 +7.62 +10.81%
2017 70.51 −5.14 −6.79%
2016 75.65 +7.06 +10.29%
2015 68.59 +0.68 +1%
2014 67.91 +5.99 +9.67%
2013 61.92 +1.81 +3.01%
2012 60.11 +4.07 +7.26%
2011 56.04 +3.16 +5.98%
2010 52.88 +8.64 +19.53%
2009 44.24 −0.2 −0.45%
2008 44.44 +0.08 +0.18%
2007 44.36 −0.4 −0.89%
2006 44.76 +1.44 +3.32%
2005 43.32 +0.78 +1.83%
2004 42.54 +5.02 +13.38%
2003 37.52 −2.73 −6.78%
2002 40.25 +6.26 +18.42%
2001 33.99 +2.13 +6.69%
2000 31.86

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.