Nepal's electricity generation rose from 1.7 in 2000 to 11.1 in 2024.
Nepal's primary energy consumption rose from 5.8 in 1994 to 57.5 in 2023.
Nepal · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Nepal's electricity consumption per capita rose from 67.2 kWh in 2000 to 375.4 kWh in 2024.
Nepal's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2024.
Nepal's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Nepal's hydropower electricity generation rose from 1.6 in 2000 to 11 in 2024.
Nepal's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Nepal's energy use per capita rose from 266 kWh in 1994 to 1,935.3 kWh in 2023.
Nepal's renewable energy fell from 94.2 % in 1992 to 73.7 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 193
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.1 pts3rd of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +0.1 pts130th of 193
- Wind electricity sharedown −0.0 pts101st of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Energy importsdown −1.8 pts64th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.4 pts158th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +9.4 %26th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +3.9 %3rd of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +3.9 pts142nd of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionup +10.0 %64th of 204*