Electricity generation — all countries

Electricity generation — Western Africa

Electricity generation in Western Africa in 2024 — 98.56 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 208.4%.

2024 98.56 TWh −4.12% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 102.79 TWh2023
Period minimum 31.96 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Electricity generation — Western Africa, 2000–20240501001502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 31.96 TWh2001: 33.86 TWh2002: 40.34 TWh2003: 37.61 TWh2004: 42.59 TWh2005: 43.23 TWh2006: 44.61 TWh2007: 43.46 TWh2008: 43.6 TWh2009: 42.9 TWh2010: 51.49 TWh2011: 53.62 TWh2012: 58.06 TWh2013: 59.98 TWh2014: 65.25 TWh2015: 66.32 TWh2016: 74.76 TWh2017: 71.16 TWh2018: 78.39 TWh2019: 82.7 TWh2020: 88.6 TWh2021: 94.31 TWh2022: 97.03 TWh2023: 102.79 TWh2024: 98.56 TWh
Change over the period: +66.6 (+208.39%) Average annual rate: 4.8 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Africa 98.56 TWh
World computed 30,793.66 TWh
Electricity generation — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 98.56 −4.23 −4.12%
2023 102.79 +5.76 +5.94%
2022 97.03 +2.72 +2.88%
2021 94.31 +5.71 +6.44%
2020 88.6 +5.9 +7.13%
2019 82.7 +4.31 +5.5%
2018 78.39 +7.23 +10.16%
2017 71.16 −3.6 −4.82%
2016 74.76 +8.44 +12.73%
2015 66.32 +1.07 +1.64%
2014 65.25 +5.27 +8.79%
2013 59.98 +1.92 +3.31%
2012 58.06 +4.44 +8.28%
2011 53.62 +2.13 +4.14%
2010 51.49 +8.59 +20.02%
2009 42.9 −0.7 −1.61%
2008 43.6 +0.14 +0.32%
2007 43.46 −1.15 −2.58%
2006 44.61 +1.38 +3.19%
2005 43.23 +0.64 +1.5%
2004 42.59 +4.98 +13.24%
2003 37.61 −2.73 −6.77%
2002 40.34 +6.48 +19.14%
2001 33.86 +1.9 +5.94%
2000 31.96

About the indicator

Gross electricity generation from all sources over the year, in terawatt-hours. One terawatt-hour is a billion kilowatt-hours, roughly the annual consumption of three hundred thousand European households. The indicator answers the question of scale, while the shares of sources answer the question of composition, and the two should not be confused: France has a higher nuclear share than the United States, yet generates half as much electricity at nuclear plants. This is the series that serves as the weight when world and regional source shares are computed: percentages cannot be added up without it.

Important: Gross generation, before deducting the plants' own use and network losses; demand is therefore lower than generation by the amount of the losses, with an adjustment for imports. The series starts in 2000.

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