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Energy and power in Africa
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Access to electricity (2024)
- Algeria: 100%
- Egypt: 100%
- Mauritius: 100%
- Morocco: 100%
- Seychelles: 100%
- Tunisia: 100%
- Cabo Verde: 98.4%
- Gabon: 95.1%
- Ghana: 91.9%
- Comoros: 91.7%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Renewable share of final energy consumption (2021)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: 96.3%
- Gabon: 91.3%
- Ethiopia: 90.6%
- Zambia: 83%
- Zimbabwe: 82.4%
- Eritrea: 80.7%
- Nigeria: 80.3%
- Niger: 79.6%
- Cameroon: 79.2%
- Tanzania: 78.3%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Oil rents (2021)
- Libya: 56.4%
- Republic of the Congo: 34.4%
- Angola: 28.3%
- Chad: 16.8%
- Gabon: 15.6%
- Equatorial Guinea: 14.9%
- Algeria: 14.5%
- Nigeria: 6.2%
- Ghana: 4.1%
- Sudan: 3.3%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators
Fuel exports (2024)
- Algeria: 93.1%
- Niger: 88%
- Senegal: 32.7%
- Tunisia: 6.2%
- Zimbabwe: 2.9%
- Zambia: 2.7%
- Madagascar: 2.6%
- Uganda: 2.3%
- Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1.8%
- Namibia: 1.3%
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators