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Energy and power in Africa

Last updated 15 Nov 2026, 05:19 UTC · Sources are checked daily, with a full review every Sunday. How this works

Access to electricity (2024)

  1. Algeria: 100%
  2. Egypt: 100%
  3. Mauritius: 100%
  4. Morocco: 100%
  5. Seychelles: 100%
  6. Tunisia: 100%
  7. Cabo Verde: 98.4%
  8. Gabon: 95.1%
  9. Ghana: 91.9%
  10. Comoros: 91.7%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Renewable share of final energy consumption (2021)

  1. Democratic Republic of the Congo: 96.3%
  2. Gabon: 91.3%
  3. Ethiopia: 90.6%
  4. Zambia: 83%
  5. Zimbabwe: 82.4%
  6. Eritrea: 80.7%
  7. Nigeria: 80.3%
  8. Niger: 79.6%
  9. Cameroon: 79.2%
  10. Tanzania: 78.3%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Oil rents (2021)

  1. Libya: 56.4%
  2. Republic of the Congo: 34.4%
  3. Angola: 28.3%
  4. Chad: 16.8%
  5. Gabon: 15.6%
  6. Equatorial Guinea: 14.9%
  7. Algeria: 14.5%
  8. Nigeria: 6.2%
  9. Ghana: 4.1%
  10. Sudan: 3.3%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators

Fuel exports (2024)

  1. Algeria: 93.1%
  2. Niger: 88%
  3. Senegal: 32.7%
  4. Tunisia: 6.2%
  5. Zimbabwe: 2.9%
  6. Zambia: 2.7%
  7. Madagascar: 2.6%
  8. Uganda: 2.3%
  9. Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1.8%
  10. Namibia: 1.3%

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators