South Africa's electricity generation rose from 200.1 in 1996 to 242.8 in 2025.
South Africa's primary energy consumption rose from 1,118 in 1995 to 1,362 in 2024.
South Africa · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
South Africa's electricity consumption per capita fell from 4,434.4 kWh in 1996 to 3,749.3 kWh in 2025.
South Africa's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 19.5 in 2025.
South Africa's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 11.3 in 2025.
South Africa's hydropower electricity generation rose from 1.3 in 1996 to 1.8 in 2025.
South Africa's nuclear electricity generation fell from 11.8 in 1996 to 10.2 in 2025.
South Africa's energy use per capita fell from 25,089.3 kWh in 1995 to 21,286.5 kWh in 2024.
South Africa's renewable energy fell from 18.4 % in 1992 to 9.7 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +1.1 pts75th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −2.2 pts73rd of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +2.2 pts73rd of 90
- Hydropower electricity shareup +0.3 pts73rd of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareup +1.1 pts24th of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +0.6 pts39th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +0.2 pts42nd of 88
- Coal electricity sharedown −2.2 pts88th of 89
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts78th of 87
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- Energy importsup +1.6 pts55th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −2.0 pts71st of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −6.2 %148th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −2.5 %87th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +2.5 pts161st of 215
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- Oil productiondown −37.0 %82nd of 204*
- Gas productiondown −11.7 %68th of 204*
- Coal productionup +0.6 %7th of 34