Electricity consumption per capita — all countries

Electricity consumption per capita — Western Sahara

Electricity consumption per capita in Western Sahara in 2009 — 0.23 MWh. Ranked 175 in the world out of 213. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 20.7%.

2009 0.23 MWh −4.17% vs 2008
World rank 175of 213
Period maximum 0.3 MWh2002
Period minimum 0.23 MWh2009

Trend over time

2000–2009 · megawatt-hours per capita

Electricity consumption per capita — Western Sahara, 2000–20090.220.240.260.280.320002001200220032004200520062007200820092000: 0.29 MWh2001: 0.28 MWh2002: 0.3 MWh2003: 0.29 MWh2004: 0.28 MWh2005: 0.27 MWh2006: 0.26 MWh2007: 0.25 MWh2008: 0.24 MWh2009: 0.23 MWh
Change over the period: −0.06 (−20.69%) Average annual rate: -2.54 %

Comparison, 2009

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

Western Sahara 0.23 MWh
World computed 2.86 MWh
Middle East & North Africa computed 2.73 MWh
Northern Africa computed 1.21 MWh
Electricity consumption per capita — Western Sahara, by year Western Sahara All countries CSV XLSX
Year MWh Change Change, %
2009 0.23 −0.01 −4.17%
2008 0.24 −0.01 −4%
2007 0.25 −0.01 −3.85%
2006 0.26 −0.01 −3.7%
2005 0.27 −0.01 −3.57%
2004 0.28 −0.01 −3.45%
2003 0.29 −0.01 −3.33%
2002 0.3 +0.02 +7.14%
2001 0.28 −0.01 −3.45%
2000 0.29

Northern Africa, 2009

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

About the indicator

Electricity consumption per resident, in megawatt-hours a year. One of the most telling indicators of living standards and of the structure of an economy: the gap between the extreme countries is more than two hundredfold. But it has to be read with climate and industry in mind — the top of the list holds not only rich countries but also Iceland and Norway with their aluminum smelters running on cheap hydropower, and the Gulf states, where more goes on air conditioning than on heating in Europe.

Important: It is calculated on a country's entire consumption, including industry, and not on households alone. The series starts in 2000.

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