Kenya vs Nigeria: Electric power consumption

Kenya
195.29 kWh per capita
in 2024
Nigeria
144.13 kWh per capita
in 2023
Kenya rank
135th
Nigeria rank
136th

Electric power consumption over time

  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
050100150200199020072024

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 195.29 kWh per capita against 144.13 kWh per capita in Nigeria, a difference of 51.16 kWh per capita.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.4 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 135th and Nigeria ranks 136th of 150 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
Unit
kWh per capita
Source
IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
193 places, 6,529 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.