Benin's electricity generation rose from 0.1 in 2000 to 1.0 in 2024.
Benin's primary energy consumption rose from 3.8 in 1994 to 26.8 in 2023.
Benin · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
185th of 194 · 37th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Benin's electricity consumption per capita rose from 11.1 kWh in 2000 to 69.8 kWh in 2024.
Benin's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Benin's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Benin's hydropower electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Benin's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Benin's energy use per capita rose from 626.6 kWh in 1994 to 1,896.6 kWh in 2023.
Benin's renewable energy fell from 94.8 % in 1992 to 54.5 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +1.0 pts167th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −1.0 pts168th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +1.0 pts168th of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts146th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +1.0 pts89th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity sharedown −0.7 pts21st of 190
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- Energy importsdown −1.9 pts49th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.1 pts10th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −3.2 %53rd of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −1.0 %135th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +2.0 pts189th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*