Electricity generation from hydropower in Senegal
Senegal: Electricity generation from hydropower was 0.31 terawatt-hours in 2024. ▲ Rising
Electricity generation from hydropower in Senegal, 2000–2024
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 0.31 terawatt-hours for electricity generation from hydropower in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from hydropower in Senegal peaked at 0.36 terawatt-hours in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 2000.
Senegal ranks 124th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Electricity generation from hydropower in Senegal, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0.19 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2003 | 0.33 terawatt-hours | +73.7% |
| 2004 | 0.29 terawatt-hours | -12.1% |
| 2005 | 0.26 terawatt-hours | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 0.23 terawatt-hours | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 0.18 terawatt-hours | -21.7% |
| 2008 | 0.23 terawatt-hours | +27.8% |
| 2009 | 0.24 terawatt-hours | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 0.25 terawatt-hours | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 0.25 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.29 terawatt-hours | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.33 terawatt-hours | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 0.36 terawatt-hours | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 0.36 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.36 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | -13.9% |
| 2020 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.31 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 0.31 terawatt-hours is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.8 terawatt-hours, 11% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 0.31 terawatt-hours is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.38 terawatt-hours, 82% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity generation from hydropower in Senegal changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +73.7% | 0.19 terawatt-hours | 0.33 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.195 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.33 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.313 terawatt-hours | 0.25 terawatt-hours | 0.36 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.31 terawatt-hours | 0.31 terawatt-hours | 0.31 terawatt-hours | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More energy & mining data for Senegal
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.6457 % 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 31.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from hydropower in Senegal?
- Electricity generation from hydropower in Senegal was 0.31 terawatt-hours in 2024, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation from hydropower recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.36 terawatt-hours in 2016.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from hydropower recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 2000.
- How does Senegal rank for electricity generation from hydropower?
- Senegal ranks 124th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity generation from hydropower rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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 hydropower. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.