Senegal's electricity generation rose from 1.5 in 2000 to 7.6 in 2024.
Senegal's primary energy consumption rose from 15.0 in 1994 to 44.0 in 2023.
Senegal · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
154th of 194 · 15th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Senegal's electricity consumption per capita rose from 149.5 kWh in 2000 to 412.4 kWh in 2024.
Senegal's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.7 in 2024.
Senegal's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.4 in 2024.
Senegal's hydropower electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.3 in 2024.
Senegal's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Senegal's energy use per capita rose from 1,735.3 kWh in 1994 to 2,433.3 kWh in 2023.
Senegal's renewable energy fell from 53.7 % in 1992 to 35.4 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +2.8 pts122nd of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −2.8 pts127th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +2.8 pts127th of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareup +0.3 pts117th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +1.7 pts47th of 193
- Wind electricity shareup +0.7 pts47th of 191
- Coal electricity shareup +0.2 pts122nd of 192
- Gas electricity shareup +0.0 pts115th of 190
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- Energy importsdown −0.4 pts16th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.0 pts45th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +4.2 %67th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −3.1 %118th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +8.7 pts168th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productiondown −3.1 %85th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*