Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Ghana

Primary energy consumption in Ghana in 2024 — 0.383 quad Btu. Ranked 80 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 672.4%.

2024 0.383 quad Btu +5.27% vs 2023
World rank 80of 218
Period maximum 0.383 quad Btu2024
Period minimum 0.037 quad Btu1983

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Ghana, 1980–202400.10.20.30.419801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0.05 quad Btu1981: 0.046 quad Btu1982: 0.048 quad Btu1983: 0.037 quad Btu1984: 0.038 quad Btu1985: 0.038 quad Btu1986: 0.047 quad Btu1987: 0.053 quad Btu1988: 0.06 quad Btu1989: 0.066 quad Btu1990: 0.061 quad Btu1991: 0.061 quad Btu1992: 0.068 quad Btu1993: 0.068 quad Btu1994: 0.073 quad Btu1995: 0.075 quad Btu1996: 0.078 quad Btu1997: 0.075 quad Btu1998: 0.069 quad Btu1999: 0.08 quad Btu2000: 0.098 quad Btu2001: 0.098 quad Btu2002: 0.097 quad Btu2003: 0.094 quad Btu2004: 0.107 quad Btu2005: 0.109 quad Btu2006: 0.105 quad Btu2007: 0.11 quad Btu2008: 0.118 quad Btu2009: 0.138 quad Btu2010: 0.143 quad Btu2011: 0.188 quad Btu2012: 0.192 quad Btu2013: 0.203 quad Btu2014: 0.207 quad Btu2015: 0.246 quad Btu2016: 0.252 quad Btu2017: 0.252 quad Btu2018: 0.251 quad Btu2019: 0.273 quad Btu2020: 0.321 quad Btu2021: 0.352 quad Btu2022: 0.346 quad Btu2023: 0.364 quad Btu2024: 0.383 quad Btu
Change over the period: +0.334 (+672.4%) Average annual rate: 4.76 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 0.383 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 11.763 quad Btu
Western Africa computed 3.178 quad Btu
Lower-middle-income countries computed 81.187 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 0.383 +0.019 +5.27%
2023 0.364 +0.018 +5.16%
2022 0.346 −0.005 −1.55%
2021 0.352 +0.03 +9.48%
2020 0.321 +0.048 +17.71%
2019 0.273 +0.022 +8.65%
2018 0.251 −0 −0.18%
2017 0.252 −0 −0%
2016 0.252 +0.005 +2.2%
2015 0.246 +0.04 +19.24%
2014 0.207 +0.003 +1.5%
2013 0.203 +0.011 +5.78%
2012 0.192 +0.005 +2.43%
2011 0.188 +0.045 +31.35%
2010 0.143 +0.005 +3.48%
2009 0.138 +0.02 +16.9%
2008 0.118 +0.009 +7.85%
2007 0.11 +0.004 +4.14%
2006 0.105 −0.003 −3.16%
2005 0.109 +0.002 +1.62%
2004 0.107 +0.013 +13.84%
2003 0.094 −0.003 −3.23%
2002 0.097 −0.001 −0.53%
2001 0.098 −0 −0.04%
2000 0.098 +0.017 +21.32%
1999 0.08 +0.011 +16.29%
1998 0.069 −0.006 −8%
1997 0.075 −0.003 −3.35%
1996 0.078 +0.003 +3.76%
1995 0.075 +0.002 +2.64%
1994 0.073 +0.005 +6.76%
1993 0.068 +0.001 +0.81%
1992 0.068 +0.006 +10.58%
1991 0.061 +0.001 +1.35%
1990 0.061 −0.006 −8.88%
1989 0.066 +0.007 +10.91%
1988 0.06 +0.007 +13.9%
1987 0.053 +0.006 +12.77%
1986 0.047 +0.008 +22.12%
1985 0.038 −0 −0.53%
1984 0.038 +0.002 +4.27%
1983 0.037 −0.011 −23.44%
1982 0.048 +0.003 +5.71%
1981 0.046 −0.004 −8.28%
1980 0.05

About the indicator

Primary energy consumption is all the energy a country used over the year: coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable energy brought to a common unit. “Primary” means energy in the form in which it is taken from nature, before losses in conversion and transmission; electricity enters it not as a separate line but through the fuel it was generated from. The unit is the quadrillion British thermal units, customary in American statistics: one such unit is roughly equal to 25 million tonnes of oil equivalent.

Important: The figure is broader than electricity: electricity is only part of the final use of this energy, and transport and heating are included in it as well. This is the series that serves as the weight when the energy intensity aggregates are computed.

Source: International Energy Statistics (EIA), license Public domain (work of a U.S. federal agency).