Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Southern Africa

Primary energy consumption in Southern Africa in 2024 — 5.581 quad Btu. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 111.2%.

2024 5.581 quad Btu −1.08% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.096 quad Btu2019
Period minimum 2.643 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Southern Africa, 1980–202423456719801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 2.643 quad Btu1981: 2.849 quad Btu1982: 3.048 quad Btu1983: 3.144 quad Btu1984: 3.393 quad Btu1985: 3.462 quad Btu1986: 3.506 quad Btu1987: 3.636 quad Btu1988: 3.708 quad Btu1989: 3.73 quad Btu1990: 3.888 quad Btu1991: 3.865 quad Btu1992: 3.898 quad Btu1993: 3.956 quad Btu1994: 4.048 quad Btu1995: 4.282 quad Btu1996: 4.422 quad Btu1997: 4.582 quad Btu1998: 4.687 quad Btu1999: 4.577 quad Btu2000: 4.746 quad Btu2001: 4.683 quad Btu2002: 4.857 quad Btu2003: 5.093 quad Btu2004: 5.182 quad Btu2005: 5.286 quad Btu2006: 5.352 quad Btu2007: 5.67 quad Btu2008: 5.74 quad Btu2009: 5.638 quad Btu2010: 5.76 quad Btu2011: 5.684 quad Btu2012: 5.768 quad Btu2013: 5.804 quad Btu2014: 5.745 quad Btu2015: 5.741 quad Btu2016: 5.71 quad Btu2017: 5.862 quad Btu2018: 5.646 quad Btu2019: 6.096 quad Btu2020: 5.81 quad Btu2021: 5.484 quad Btu2022: 5.628 quad Btu2023: 5.641 quad Btu2024: 5.581 quad Btu
Change over the period: +2.938 (+111.17%) Average annual rate: 1.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 5.581 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 5.581 −0.061 −1.08%
2023 5.641 +0.013 +0.24%
2022 5.628 +0.144 +2.63%
2021 5.484 −0.326 −5.61%
2020 5.81 −0.286 −4.7%
2019 6.096 +0.45 +7.97%
2018 5.646 −0.216 −3.69%
2017 5.862 +0.152 +2.67%
2016 5.71 −0.032 −0.55%
2015 5.741 −0.004 −0.07%
2014 5.745 −0.058 −1%
2013 5.804 +0.036 +0.63%
2012 5.768 +0.084 +1.47%
2011 5.684 −0.076 −1.32%
2010 5.76 +0.122 +2.16%
2009 5.638 −0.102 −1.77%
2008 5.74 +0.07 +1.24%
2007 5.67 +0.317 +5.93%
2006 5.352 +0.066 +1.25%
2005 5.286 +0.104 +2.01%
2004 5.182 +0.089 +1.75%
2003 5.093 +0.236 +4.86%
2002 4.857 +0.174 +3.72%
2001 4.683 −0.063 −1.33%
2000 4.746 +0.169 +3.7%
1999 4.577 −0.111 −2.36%
1998 4.687 +0.105 +2.29%
1997 4.582 +0.161 +3.63%
1996 4.422 +0.14 +3.27%
1995 4.282 +0.234 +5.77%
1994 4.048 +0.093 +2.34%
1993 3.956 +0.058 +1.49%
1992 3.898 +0.032 +0.83%
1991 3.865 −0.022 −0.57%
1990 3.888 +0.158 +4.23%
1989 3.73 +0.022 +0.61%
1988 3.708 +0.072 +1.98%
1987 3.636 +0.13 +3.71%
1986 3.506 +0.044 +1.27%
1985 3.462 +0.068 +2.02%
1984 3.393 +0.25 +7.94%
1983 3.144 +0.096 +3.14%
1982 3.048 +0.199 +6.99%
1981 2.849 +0.206 +7.8%
1980 2.643

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).