Uganda's electricity generation rose from 1.6 in 2000 to 5.8 in 2024.
Uganda's primary energy consumption rose from 5.1 in 1994 to 32.1 in 2023.
Uganda · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
177th of 194 · 30th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Uganda's electricity consumption per capita rose from 66.3 kWh in 2000 to 116.2 kWh in 2024.
Uganda's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.2 in 2024.
Uganda's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Uganda's hydropower electricity generation rose from 1.6 in 2000 to 5 in 2024.
Uganda's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Uganda's energy use per capita rose from 254.2 kWh in 1994 to 660.1 kWh in 2023.
Uganda's renewable energy fell from 96.8 % in 1993 to 90.9 % in 2022.
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- Renewable electricityup +0.0 pts12th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −0.0 pts14th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +0.0 pts14th of 193
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.2 pts12th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +0.3 pts100th 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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- Energy importsdown −0.6 pts73rd of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +0.1 pts176th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −0.6 %3rd of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −0.7 %16th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +3.8 pts192nd of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*