Namibia's electricity generation rose from 1.4 in 2000 to 1.6 in 2024.
Namibia's primary energy consumption rose from 6.0 in 1994 to 18.9 in 2023.
Namibia · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
151st of 194 · 13th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Namibia's electricity consumption per capita fell from 791.8 kWh in 2000 to 541.2 kWh in 2024.
Namibia's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.6 in 2024.
Namibia's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Namibia's hydropower electricity generation fell from 1.4 in 2000 to 1 in 2024.
Namibia's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Namibia's energy use per capita rose from 3,868.4 kWh in 1994 to 6,369.6 kWh in 2023.
Namibia's renewable energy fell from 40.3 % in 1992 to 30.0 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricitydown −0.3 pts11th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +0.3 pts13th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −0.3 pts13th of 193
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −8.9 pts29th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +8.4 pts2nd of 193
- Wind electricity shareup +0.2 pts79th of 191
- Coal electricity shareup +0.9 pts127th of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Energy importsdown −5.0 pts30th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +4.6 pts9th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −5.6 %60th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +2.4 %14th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +2.6 pts188th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*