Malawi's electricity generation rose from 1.2 in 2000 to 1.8 in 2024.
Malawi's primary energy consumption rose from 4.0 in 1994 to 11.1 in 2023.
Malawi · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 25 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
179th of 194 · 32nd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Malawi's electricity consumption per capita fell from 106.9 kWh in 2000 to 84.5 kWh in 2024.
Malawi's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Malawi's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Malawi's hydropower electricity generation rose from 1.0 in 2000 to 1.7 in 2024.
Malawi's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Malawi's energy use per capita rose from 395.7 kWh in 1994 to 525.2 kWh in 2023.
Malawi's renewable energy fell from 81.3 % in 1993 to 62.9 % in 2022.
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- Renewable electricityunchanged +0.0 pts14th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts16th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts16th of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts7th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts146th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts160th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +31.2 %10th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityunchanged +0.0 %15th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts213th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productiondown −27.1 %62nd of 204*
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- Energy importsNo data