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Electricity generation from gas in Nigeria

Nigeria: Electricity generation from gas was 28.53 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
28.53 terawatt-hours
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
39th
of 204 countries
All-time high
31.64 terawatt-hours
in 2023
All-time low
9.1 terawatt-hours
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025

Electricity generation from gas in Nigeria, 2000–2025

10152025302000201220252000: 9.1 terawatt-hours2001: 9.6 terawatt-hours2002: 13.3 terawatt-hours2003: 12.7 terawatt-hours2004: 16.2 terawatt-hours2005: 15.8 terawatt-hours2006: 16.9 terawatt-hours2007: 16.8 terawatt-hours2008: 15.4 terawatt-hours2009: 15.2 terawatt-hours2010: 19.8 terawatt-hours2011: 21.1 terawatt-hours2012: 23.1 terawatt-hours2013: 23.6 terawatt-hours2014: 26.9 terawatt-hours2015: 26.7 terawatt-hours2016: 28.3 terawatt-hours2017: 24.4 terawatt-hours2018: 28.9 terawatt-hours2019: 27.9 terawatt-hours2020: 30.2 terawatt-hours2021: 31.1 terawatt-hours2022: 28.6 terawatt-hours2023: 31.6 terawatt-hours2024: 28.2 terawatt-hours2025: 28.5 terawatt-hours

Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.

Analysis

Nigeria recorded 28.53 terawatt-hours for electricity generation from gas in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity generation from gas in Nigeria peaked at 31.64 terawatt-hours in 2023 and was at its lowest, 9.1 terawatt-hours, in 2000.

Nigeria ranks 39th of 204 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 14.09 terawatt-hours 9.1 terawatt-hours 16.85 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 25.08 terawatt-hours 19.75 terawatt-hours 28.94 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 29.71 terawatt-hours 28.17 terawatt-hours 31.64 terawatt-hours 6

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 36 Bahrain 37.85 terawatt-hours compare
  2. 37 Kazakhstan 36.37 terawatt-hours compare
  3. 38 Turkmenistan 33 terawatt-hours compare
  4. 40 Libya 25.78 terawatt-hours compare
  5. 41 Belarus 25.27 terawatt-hours compare
  6. 42 Poland 24.82 terawatt-hours compare

See the full ranking of 209 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity generation from gas in Nigeria?
Electricity generation from gas in Nigeria was 28.53 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity generation from gas recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 31.64 terawatt-hours in 2023.
What is the lowest electricity generation from gas recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 9.1 terawatt-hours in 2000.
How does Nigeria rank for electricity generation from gas?
Nigeria ranks 39th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
Is electricity generation from gas rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from gas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from gas
Unit
terawatt-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
209 places, 6,056 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.