Sierra Leone's electricity generation rose from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.2 in 2024.
Sierra Leone's primary energy consumption rose from 3.1 in 1994 to 5.7 in 2023.
Sierra Leone · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 25 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
190th of 194 · 42nd in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sierra Leone's electricity consumption per capita rose from 20.3 kWh in 2000 to 24.3 kWh in 2024.
Sierra Leone's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Sierra Leone's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Sierra Leone's hydropower electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 2000 to 0.2 in 2024.
Sierra Leone's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Sierra Leone's energy use per capita fell from 743.7 kWh in 1994 to 674.5 kWh in 2023.
Sierra Leone's renewable energy fell from 93.0 % in 1993 to 71.6 % in 2022.
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- Renewable electricityunchanged +0.0 pts15th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts18th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts18th of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts13th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts42nd of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts75th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −4.2 %19th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityunchanged +0.0 %13th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +3.7 pts205th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Sierra Leone.
- Energy importsNo data