Nigeria's electricity generation rose from 14.7 in 2000 to 41.5 in 2025.
Nigeria's primary energy consumption rose from 206.9 in 1994 to 533.8 in 2023.
Nigeria · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Nigeria's electricity consumption per capita rose from 116.6 kWh in 2000 to 174.9 kWh in 2025.
Nigeria's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2025.
Nigeria's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2025.
Nigeria's hydropower electricity generation rose from 5.6 in 2000 to 12.8 in 2025.
Nigeria's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1996 and 0 in 2025.
Nigeria's energy use per capita rose from 1,916.4 kWh in 1994 to 2,342.6 kWh in 2023.
Nigeria's renewable energy fell from 84.5 % in 1992 to 80.3 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +6.3 pts55th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −6.3 pts63rd of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +6.3 pts63rd of 90
- Hydropower electricity shareup +6.4 pts23rd of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts31st of 81
- Solar electricity sharedown −0.0 pts80th of 90
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts79th of 88
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −6.3 pts12th of 87
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- Energy importsup +16.0 pts102nd of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +0.7 pts79th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −2.1 %16th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −8.1 %54th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +1.3 pts183rd of 215
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- Oil productionup +6.8 %14th of 50
- Gas productionup +5.6 %16th of 49
- Coal productiondown −2.3 %61st of 204*