Kenya's electricity generation rose from 4.3 in 2000 to 14.0 in 2025.
Kenya's primary energy consumption rose from 31.6 in 1994 to 89.0 in 2023.
Kenya · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Kenya's electricity consumption per capita rose from 140.7 kWh in 2000 to 244 kWh in 2025.
Kenya's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.7 in 2025.
Kenya's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 2.3 in 2025.
Kenya's hydropower electricity generation rose from 1.3 in 2000 to 2.9 in 2025.
Kenya's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2025.
Kenya's energy use per capita rose from 1,220.6 kWh in 1994 to 1,607.9 kWh in 2023.
Kenya's renewable energy fell from 78.4 % in 1992 to 67.7 % in 2021.
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Renewable electricitydown −1.4 pts9th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +1.4 pts13th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −1.4 pts13th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −2.4 pts34th of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts31st of 81
- Solar electricity sharedown −0.3 pts55th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +0.0 pts17th of 88
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 89
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts78th of 87
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Energy importsdown −0.1 pts46th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.2 pts22nd of 90
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Energy intensity of GDPdown −4.8 %17th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +12.0 %13th of 90
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Access to electricity (% of population)up +0.8 pts174th of 215
Latest values — expand for the charts.
- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*