Electricity production from nuclear sources in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Electricity production from nuclear sources was 1.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
1.7%
Change on year
down 19.2%
Rank
35th
of 47 groups
All-time high
4.9%
in 1998
All-time low
1.7%
in 2023
Years of data
34
1990–2023
Electricity production from nuclear sources in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2023
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2023, electricity production from nuclear sources in Sub-Saharan Africa stood at 1.7%. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 19.2% on the previous year and down 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from nuclear sources in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 4.9% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2023.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 35th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Electricity production from nuclear sources in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.7% | — |
| 1991 | 3.9% | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 4.0% | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 3.0% | -24.3% |
| 1994 | 3.9% | +29.5% |
| 1995 | 4.4% | +12.8% |
| 1996 | 4.3% | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 4.5% | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 4.9% | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 4.5% | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 4.3% | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 3.5% | -19.3% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 3.7% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 3.1% | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 2.7% | -14.5% |
| 2007 | 2.9% | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | +15.7% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 3.0% | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | -12.8% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | +15.1% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | -13.0% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | +19.0% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | -20.9% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | +13.3% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | -24.8% |
| 2021 | 2.5% | +24.6% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | -14.9% |
| 2023 | 1.7% | -19.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.1% | 3.0% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 2.7% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.4% | 3.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 32 Germany 1.4% compare
- 33 Afghanistan 0.0%
- 33 Albania 0.0%
- 33 Algeria 0.0%
- 33 American Samoa 0.0%
- 33 Andorra 0.0%
- 33 Angola 0.0%
- 33 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 33 Aruba 0.0%
- 33 Australia 0.0%
- 33 Austria 0.0%
- 33 Azerbaijan 0.0%
- 33 Bahamas 0.0%
- 33 Bahrain 0.0%
- 33 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 33 Barbados 0.0%
- 33 Belize 0.0%
- 33 Benin 0.0%
- 33 Bhutan 0.0%
- 33 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0%
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 33 Botswana 0.0%
- 33 British Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Brunei Darussalam 0.0%
- 33 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 33 Burundi 0.0%
- 33 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 33 Cambodia 0.0%
- 33 Cameroon 0.0%
- 33 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 33 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 33 Chad 0.0%
- 33 Chile 0.0%
- 33 Colombia 0.0%
- 33 Comoros 0.0%
- 33 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.0%
- 33 Congo 0.0%
- 33 Costa Rica 0.0%
- 33 Côte d'Ivoire 0.0%
- 33 Croatia 0.0%
- 33 Cuba 0.0%
- 33 Curaçao 0.0%
- 33 Cyprus 0.0%
- 33 Denmark 0.0%
- 33 Djibouti 0.0%
- 33 Dominica 0.0%
- 33 Dominican Republic 0.0%
- 33 Ecuador 0.0%
- 33 Egypt 0.0%
- 33 El Salvador 0.0%
- 33 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Eritrea 0.0%
- 33 Estonia 0.0%
- 33 Eswatini 0.0%
- 33 Ethiopia 0.0%
- 33 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 33 Fiji 0.0%
- 33 French Polynesia 0.0%
- 33 Gabon 0.0%
- 33 Gambia 0.0%
- 33 Georgia 0.0%
- 33 Ghana 0.0%
- 33 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 33 Greece 0.0%
- 33 Greenland 0.0%
- 33 Grenada 0.0%
- 33 Guam 0.0%
- 33 Guatemala 0.0%
- 33 Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 33 Guyana 0.0%
- 33 Haiti 0.0%
- 33 Honduras 0.0%
- 33 Hong Kong, China 0.0%
- 33 Iceland 0.0%
- 33 Indonesia 0.0%
- 33 Iraq 0.0%
- 33 Ireland 0.0%
- 33 Israel 0.0%
- 33 Italy 0.0%
- 33 Jamaica 0.0%
- 33 Jordan 0.0%
- 33 Kazakhstan 0.0%
- 33 Kenya 0.0%
- 33 Kiribati 0.0%
- 33 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.0%
- 33 Kosovo 0.0%
- 33 Kuwait 0.0%
- 33 Kyrgyzstan 0.0%
- 33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0%
- 33 Latvia 0.0%
- 33 Lebanon 0.0%
- 33 Lesotho 0.0%
- 33 Liberia 0.0%
- 33 Libya 0.0%
- 33 Lithuania 0.0% compare
- 33 Luxembourg 0.0%
- 33 Madagascar 0.0%
- 33 Malawi 0.0%
- 33 Malaysia 0.0%
- 33 Maldives 0.0%
- 33 Mali 0.0%
- 33 Malta 0.0%
- 33 Marshall Islands 0.0%
- 33 Mauritania 0.0%
- 33 Mauritius 0.0%
- 33 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0%
- 33 Republic of Moldova 0.0%
- 33 Mongolia 0.0%
- 33 Montenegro 0.0%
- 33 Morocco 0.0%
- 33 Mozambique 0.0%
- 33 Myanmar 0.0%
- 33 Namibia 0.0%
- 33 Naoero 0.0%
- 33 Nepal 0.0%
- 33 New Caledonia 0.0%
- 33 New Zealand 0.0%
- 33 Nicaragua 0.0%
- 33 Niger 0.0%
- 33 Nigeria 0.0%
- 33 North Macedonia 0.0%
- 33 Norway 0.0%
- 33 Oman 0.0%
- 33 Palau 0.0%
- 33 Panama 0.0%
- 33 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 33 Paraguay 0.0%
- 33 Peru 0.0%
- 33 Philippines 0.0%
- 33 Poland 0.0%
- 33 Portugal 0.0%
- 33 Puerto Rico 0.0%
- 33 Qatar 0.0%
- 33 Rwanda 0.0%
- 33 Samoa 0.0%
- 33 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 33 Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 33 Senegal 0.0%
- 33 Serbia 0.0%
- 33 Seychelles 0.0%
- 33 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 33 Singapore 0.0%
- 33 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0%
- 33 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 33 Somalia 0.0%
- 33 South Sudan 0.0%
- 33 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 33 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 33 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 33 Saint Martin (French Part) 0.0%
- 33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 33 Sudan 0.0%
- 33 Suriname 0.0%
- 33 Syrian Arab Republic 0.0%
- 33 Tajikistan 0.0%
- 33 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.0%
- 33 Thailand 0.0%
- 33 Timor-Leste 0.0%
- 33 Togo 0.0%
- 33 Tonga 0.0%
- 33 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 33 Tunisia 0.0%
- 33 Türkiye 0.0%
- 33 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 33 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0%
- 33 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 33 Uganda 0.0%
- 33 Uruguay 0.0%
- 33 Uzbekistan 0.0%
- 33 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 33 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0%
- 33 Viet Nam 0.0%
- 33 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 33 Palestine, State of 0.0%
- 33 Yemen 0.0%
- 33 Zambia 0.0%
- 33 Zimbabwe 0.0%
- 33 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.0%
More energy & mining data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Fuel imports 23.6% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 2.0% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 16.1% (2024)
- Fuel exports 40.1% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 25.8% (2024)
- Mineral rents 2.9% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.5% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 10.0% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 17.4% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 376.79 kWh per capita (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from nuclear sources in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Electricity production from nuclear sources in Sub-Saharan Africa was 1.7% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from nuclear sources recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 1998.
- What is the lowest electricity production from nuclear sources recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2023.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for electricity production from nuclear sources?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 35th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from nuclear sources rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The share of electricity production from nuclear sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.