Electricity demand in Nigeria
Nigeria: Electricity demand was 39.24 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
39.24 terawatt-hours
Change on year
up 11.3%
World rank
63rd
of 214 countries
All-time high
39.24 terawatt-hours
in 2025
All-time low
14.72 terawatt-hours
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Electricity demand in Nigeria, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 39.24 terawatt-hours for electricity demand in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.3% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity demand in Nigeria peaked at 39.24 terawatt-hours in 2025 and was at its lowest, 14.72 terawatt-hours, in 2000.
Nigeria ranks 63rd of 214 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Electricity demand in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.72 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 15.44 terawatt-hours | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 21.52 terawatt-hours | +39.4% |
| 2003 | 20.16 terawatt-hours | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 24.27 terawatt-hours | +20.4% |
| 2005 | 23.55 terawatt-hours | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 23.12 terawatt-hours | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 22.99 terawatt-hours | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 21.12 terawatt-hours | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 19.79 terawatt-hours | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 26.13 terawatt-hours | +32.0% |
| 2011 | 27.04 terawatt-hours | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 28.74 terawatt-hours | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 28.93 terawatt-hours | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 32.28 terawatt-hours | +11.6% |
| 2015 | 33.17 terawatt-hours | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 34.6 terawatt-hours | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 29.78 terawatt-hours | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 33.71 terawatt-hours | +13.2% |
| 2019 | 34.13 terawatt-hours | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 34.99 terawatt-hours | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 36.14 terawatt-hours | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 35.57 terawatt-hours | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 38.6 terawatt-hours | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 35.26 terawatt-hours | -8.7% |
| 2025 | 39.24 terawatt-hours | +11.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 39.24 terawatt-hours is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.06 terawatt-hours, 3.9× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 39.24 terawatt-hours is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2.81 terawatt-hours, 14.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.67 terawatt-hours | 14.72 terawatt-hours | 24.27 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.85 terawatt-hours | 26.13 terawatt-hours | 34.6 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.63 terawatt-hours | 34.99 terawatt-hours | 39.24 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
More energy & mining data for Nigeria
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 38.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity demand in Nigeria?
- Electricity demand in Nigeria was 39.24 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity demand recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 39.24 terawatt-hours in 2025.
- What is the lowest electricity demand recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.72 terawatt-hours in 2000.
- How does Nigeria rank for electricity demand?
- Nigeria ranks 63rd out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity demand rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.