Rwanda's electricity generation rose from 0.2 in 2000 to 1.1 in 2024.
Rwanda's primary energy consumption rose from 3.1 in 1994 to 7.4 in 2023.
Rwanda · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
181st of 194 · 34th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Rwanda's electricity consumption per capita rose from 19.5 kWh in 2000 to 79.3 kWh in 2024.
Rwanda's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Rwanda's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Rwanda's hydropower electricity generation rose from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.5 in 2024.
Rwanda's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Rwanda's energy use per capita rose from 449.9 kWh in 1994 to 529.8 kWh in 2023.
Rwanda's renewable energy fell from 81.3 % in 1993 to 79.9 % in 2022.
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- Renewable electricityup +0.5 pts67th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −0.5 pts77th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +0.5 pts77th of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareup +0.6 pts47th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity sharedown −0.1 pts94th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity sharedown −0.4 pts149th of 192
- Gas electricity sharedown −0.7 pts60th of 190
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- Energy importsup +1.3 pts81st of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −1.0 pts44th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −2.0 %1st of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −0.2 %77th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +8.1 pts176th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*