Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Energy Use in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Energy Use was 101,124 TJ in 2023. ▲ Rising
Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Energy Use in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 101,124 TJ for energy use (pre- and post-production) — energy use in 2023.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, energy use (pre- and post-production) — energy use in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 102,766 TJ in 2022 and was at its lowest, 24,232 TJ, in 1990.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 27th of 33 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Energy Use in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 24,232 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 25,021 TJ | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 25,285 TJ | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 24,776 TJ | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 25,476 TJ | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 27,756 TJ | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 31,200 TJ | +12.4% |
| 1997 | 32,836 TJ | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 32,403 TJ | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 32,393 TJ | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 33,048 TJ | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 39,205 TJ | +18.6% |
| 2002 | 38,122 TJ | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 42,435 TJ | +11.3% |
| 2004 | 46,278 TJ | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 57,445 TJ | +24.1% |
| 2006 | 63,380 TJ | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 66,109 TJ | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 66,404 TJ | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 71,479 TJ | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 74,872 TJ | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 68,160 TJ | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 69,824 TJ | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 71,499 TJ | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 74,995 TJ | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 82,878 TJ | +10.5% |
| 2016 | 90,593 TJ | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 92,521 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 94,483 TJ | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 97,833 TJ | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 96,653 TJ | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 101,572 TJ | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 102,766 TJ | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 101,124 TJ | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28,138 TJ | 24,232 TJ | 32,836 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,390 TJ | 33,048 TJ | 71,479 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 81,766 TJ | 68,160 TJ | 97,833 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 100,529 TJ | 96,653 TJ | 102,766 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
- 24 Poland 106,197 TJ compare
- 25 Colombia 98,601 TJ compare
- 26 Philippines 97,729 TJ compare
- 27 South Africa 95,510 TJ compare
- 28 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 87,294 TJ compare
- 29 Argentina 83,206 TJ compare
- 30 United Arab Emirates 79,292 TJ compare
More climate change data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that) 6.71 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that leaches) 15.1 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 67.1 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 88.91 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 4.27 billion kg (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied 427.00 million kg (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied 1.28 billion kg (2050)
- All Crops — Burning crop residues 137.43 kt (2050)
- All Crops — Burning crop residues 3.56 kt (2050)
- All Crops — Burning crop residues 50.90 million t (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is energy use (pre- and post-production) — energy use in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Energy use (pre- and post-production) — energy use in Sub-Saharan Africa was 101,124 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest energy use (pre- and post-production) — energy use recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 102,766 TJ in 2022.
- What is the lowest energy use (pre- and post-production) — energy use recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,232 TJ in 1990.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for energy use (pre- and post-production) — energy use?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 27th out of 33 groups with data for 2023.
- Is energy use (pre- and post-production) — energy use rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Energy Use (Pre- and Post-Production) — Energy Use (Electricity). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.