Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Sub-Saharan Africa

Primary energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 11.763 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 189.9%.

2024 11.763 quad Btu +0.98% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 11.763 quad Btu2024
Period minimum 4.058 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1980–202405101519801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 4.058 quad Btu1981: 4.328 quad Btu1982: 4.534 quad Btu1983: 4.645 quad Btu1984: 4.914 quad Btu1985: 5.069 quad Btu1986: 5.115 quad Btu1987: 5.312 quad Btu1988: 5.491 quad Btu1989: 5.614 quad Btu1990: 5.749 quad Btu1991: 5.778 quad Btu1992: 5.896 quad Btu1993: 5.967 quad Btu1994: 6.001 quad Btu1995: 6.341 quad Btu1996: 6.524 quad Btu1997: 6.698 quad Btu1998: 6.803 quad Btu1999: 6.785 quad Btu2000: 6.982 quad Btu2001: 7.054 quad Btu2002: 7.375 quad Btu2003: 7.708 quad Btu2004: 7.857 quad Btu2005: 8.202 quad Btu2006: 8.3 quad Btu2007: 8.67 quad Btu2008: 9.02 quad Btu2009: 8.659 quad Btu2010: 9.135 quad Btu2011: 9.586 quad Btu2012: 9.83 quad Btu2013: 10.395 quad Btu2014: 10.676 quad Btu2015: 10.745 quad Btu2016: 10.872 quad Btu2017: 11.004 quad Btu2018: 10.96 quad Btu2019: 11.645 quad Btu2020: 11.105 quad Btu2021: 11.223 quad Btu2022: 11.672 quad Btu2023: 11.65 quad Btu2024: 11.763 quad Btu
Change over the period: +7.706 (+189.89%) Average annual rate: 2.45 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 11.763 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 11.763 +0.114 +0.98%
2023 11.65 −0.022 −0.19%
2022 11.672 +0.449 +4%
2021 11.223 +0.118 +1.06%
2020 11.105 −0.54 −4.64%
2019 11.645 +0.685 +6.25%
2018 10.96 −0.044 −0.4%
2017 11.004 +0.132 +1.21%
2016 10.872 +0.126 +1.18%
2015 10.745 +0.069 +0.65%
2014 10.676 +0.281 +2.7%
2013 10.395 +0.566 +5.75%
2012 9.83 +0.244 +2.54%
2011 9.586 +0.451 +4.94%
2010 9.135 +0.476 +5.5%
2009 8.659 −0.361 −4.01%
2008 9.02 +0.35 +4.04%
2007 8.67 +0.37 +4.45%
2006 8.3 +0.099 +1.2%
2005 8.202 +0.345 +4.39%
2004 7.857 +0.149 +1.93%
2003 7.708 +0.333 +4.52%
2002 7.375 +0.32 +4.54%
2001 7.054 +0.073 +1.04%
2000 6.982 +0.197 +2.9%
1999 6.785 −0.018 −0.26%
1998 6.803 +0.105 +1.57%
1997 6.698 +0.174 +2.66%
1996 6.524 +0.183 +2.89%
1995 6.341 +0.339 +5.65%
1994 6.001 +0.034 +0.58%
1993 5.967 +0.07 +1.2%
1992 5.896 +0.118 +2.05%
1991 5.778 +0.029 +0.51%
1990 5.749 +0.135 +2.4%
1989 5.614 +0.123 +2.24%
1988 5.491 +0.179 +3.36%
1987 5.312 +0.197 +3.86%
1986 5.115 +0.046 +0.92%
1985 5.069 +0.154 +3.14%
1984 4.914 +0.269 +5.8%
1983 4.645 +0.111 +2.45%
1982 4.534 +0.206 +4.76%
1981 4.328 +0.27 +6.65%
1980 4.058

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).