Cameroon's electricity generation rose from 3.5 in 2000 to 7.3 in 2024.
Cameroon's primary energy consumption rose from 16.4 in 1994 to 35.5 in 2023.
Cameroon · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
164th of 194 · 21st in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cameroon's electricity consumption per capita rose from 231.3 kWh in 2000 to 249.3 kWh in 2024.
Cameroon's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Cameroon's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Cameroon's hydropower electricity generation rose from 3.4 in 2000 to 5.2 in 2024.
Cameroon's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Cameroon's energy use per capita fell from 1,292.4 kWh in 1994 to 1,251.8 kWh in 2023.
Cameroon's renewable energy fell from 84.4 % in 1992 to 79.2 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricitydown −0.1 pts41st of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +0.1 pts51st of 193
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −0.1 pts51st of 193
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.4 pts24th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +0.3 pts145th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity shareup +0.0 pts64th of 190
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- Energy importsup +1.1 pts98th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.0 pts68th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −2.2 %13th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +0.7 %52nd of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts176th of 215
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- Oil productiondown −5.9 %43rd of 204*
- Gas productionup +5.9 %69th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*