Papua New Guinea vs Senegal: Electricity generation from fossil fuels per person

Papua New Guinea
341.32 kilowatt-hours
in 2024
Senegal
330.77 kilowatt-hours
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
143rd
Senegal rank
144th

Electricity generation from fossil fuels per person over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Senegal
0100200300400200020122024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 341.32 kilowatt-hours against 330.77 kilowatt-hours in Senegal, a difference of 10.55 kilowatt-hours.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd and Senegal ranks 144th of 210 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Senegal Difference Ahead
2000s 323.1 kilowatt-hours 193.7 kilowatt-hours 129.4 kilowatt-hours Papua New Guinea
2010s 328.15 kilowatt-hours 263.61 kilowatt-hours 64.54 kilowatt-hours Papua New Guinea
2020s 337.55 kilowatt-hours 328.36 kilowatt-hours 9.19 kilowatt-hours Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electricity generation from fossil fuels per person, Papua New Guinea or Senegal?
Papua New Guinea, at 341.32 kilowatt-hours against 330.77 kilowatt-hours in Senegal as of 2024.
What is the difference in electricity generation from fossil fuels per person between Papua New Guinea and Senegal?
10.55 kilowatt-hours, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Senegal?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Papua New Guinea and Senegal rank globally for electricity generation from fossil fuels per person?
Papua New Guinea ranks 143rd and Senegal ranks 144th of 210 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Electricity generation from fossil fuels per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Papua New Guinea vs Senegal: Electricity generation from fossil fuels per person. Statizoid, drawing on Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/fossil-electricity-per-capita/papua-new-guinea/senegal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/fossil-electricity-per-capita/papua-new-guinea/senegal/">Papua New Guinea vs Senegal: Electricity generation from fossil fuels per person</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from fossil fuels per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,157 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured in kilowatt-hours per person.