Niger's electricity generation rose from 0.2 in 2000 to 1.0 in 2024.
Niger's primary energy consumption rose from 3.9 in 1994 to 13.6 in 2023.
Niger · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
188th of 194 · 40th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Niger's electricity consumption per capita rose from 18.2 kWh in 2000 to 35.1 kWh in 2024.
Niger's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Niger's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Niger's hydropower electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Niger's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Niger's energy use per capita rose from 417.2 kWh in 1994 to 519.4 kWh in 2023.
Niger's renewable energy fell from 92.8 % in 1992 to 79.6 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +1.1 pts170th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −1.1 pts171st of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +1.1 pts171st of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts146th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +1.1 pts96th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity shareup +0.4 pts155th of 192
- Gas electricity shareup +0.1 pts94th of 190
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- Energy importsup +8.1 pts86th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.3 pts11th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +11.0 %21st of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −1.0 %175th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +1.2 pts210th of 215
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- Oil productiondown −6.9 %77th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionup +13.4 %56th of 204*