Cameroon vs Niger: Energy intensity by sector

Cameroon

4.62 MJ/2011 USD PPP

in 2012

Niger

4.63 MJ/2011 USD PPP

in 2012

Cameroon rank

46th

Niger rank

45th

Energy intensity by sector over time

Cameroon
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 4.63 MJ/2011 USD PPP against 4.62 MJ/2011 USD PPP in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0121 MJ/2011 USD PPP.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Niger ahead.

Cameroon ranks 46th and Niger ranks 45th of 189 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Energy intensity by sector
Unit: MJ/2011 USD PPP
Source: World Bank and IEA (2017) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 189 places, 4,274 data points, 1990–2012
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Energy intensity level of final energy (MJ/2011 USD PPP): A ratio between final energy consumption and gross domestic product measured at purchasing power parity. Energy intensity is an indication of how much energy is used to produce one unit of economic output. Lower ratio indicates that less energy is used to produce one unit of output.