Eritrea vs Sierra Leone: Energy use per person vs. GDP per capita

Eritrea
887.37 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
806.03 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2024
Eritrea rank
195th
Sierra Leone rank
197th

Energy use per person vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Eritrea
  • Sierra Leone
5001.0k1.5k2.0k2.5k198020022024

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 887.37 kilowatt-hours per person against 806.03 kilowatt-hours per person in Sierra Leone, a difference of 81.34 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 195th and Sierra Leone ranks 197th of 218 countries.

Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 2,171 kilowatt-hours per person 836.93 kilowatt-hours per person 1,334 kilowatt-hours per person Eritrea
2000s 1,035 kilowatt-hours per person 440.86 kilowatt-hours per person 593.75 kilowatt-hours per person Eritrea
2010s 760.85 kilowatt-hours per person 599.99 kilowatt-hours per person 160.86 kilowatt-hours per person Eritrea
2020s 833.04 kilowatt-hours per person 766.71 kilowatt-hours per person 66.33 kilowatt-hours per person Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher energy use per person vs. gdp per capita, Eritrea or Sierra Leone?
Eritrea, at 887.37 kilowatt-hours per person against 806.03 kilowatt-hours per person in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
What is the difference in energy use per person vs. gdp per capita between Eritrea and Sierra Leone?
81.34 kilowatt-hours per person, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Sierra Leone?
31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Sierra Leone rank globally for energy use per person vs. gdp per capita?
Eritrea ranks 195th and Sierra Leone ranks 197th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Energy use per person vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Energy use per person vs. GDP per capita
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
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
218 places, 10,541 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.