Electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total fell 5.07% to 75.5% in Nigeria in 2022, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total in Nigeria reached an all time high of 87.0% in 2014 and an all time low of 13.0% in 1974. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total in Benin amounted to 96.6%, 28.6% in Cameroon, 98.1% in Chad and 96.8% in Niger in 2022.
Nigeria has been ranked 54th within the group of 145 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from oil, gas & coal sources as a percentage of total, 17 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Electricity Production from Oil, Gas & Coal Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Algeria | % | 99.5% | 99.2% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | % | 96.4% | 97.6% | 96.5% | 98.5% | 99.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 91.3% | 91.9% | 88.9% | 85.9% | 82.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | % | 36.3% | 36.4% | 40.8% | 37.6% | 41.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 4.37% | 3.53% | 3.53% | 3.53% | 3.53% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Chad | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Gabon | % | 56.6% | 54.2% | 52.8% | 53.4% | 51.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | % | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mali | % | 35.5% | 38.7% | 38.8% | 38.7% | 37.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | 97.2% | 96.1% | 96.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | % | 84.4% | 77.8% | 78.9% | 76.8% | 79.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | 44.2% | 39.9% | 40.6% | 36.5% | 35.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | % | 53.8% | 84.3% | 65.5% | 78.4% | 86.5% |
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