Kenya vs Nigeria: Energy intensity

Kenya
0.4588 kilowatt-hours per dollar
in 2022
Nigeria
0.4649 kilowatt-hours per dollar
in 2022
Kenya rank
152nd
Nigeria rank
149th

Energy intensity over time

  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.4649 kilowatt-hours per dollar against 0.4588 kilowatt-hours per dollar in Kenya, a difference of 0.006 kilowatt-hours per dollar.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 152nd and Nigeria ranks 149th of 165 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Energy intensity
Unit
kilowatt-hours per dollar
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
166 places, 7,844 data points, 1965–2022
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per international-$ of GDP.