Africa in a World Context

Electric Generating Capacity, 1997

Country

Capacity (GW)

Type (%)

Country

Capacity (GW)

Type (%)

Thermal

Hydro

Nuclear

Other

Thermal

Hydro

Nuclear

Other

Cameroon

0.63

15.5

84.5

0

0

Angola

0.62

33.2

66.8

0

0

Central African Rep.

0.04

48.8

51.2

0

0

Botswana

0.22

100.0

0

0

0

Chad

0.03

100.0

0

0

0

Comoros

0.01

80.0

20.0

0

0

Congo

0.12

24.6

75.4

0

0

Lesotho

0.00

0

0

0

0

Dem. Rep. Of Congo

3.19

1.8

98.2

0

0

Madagascar

0.22

51.8

48.2

0

0

Equatorial Guinea

0.01

80.0

20.0

0

0

Malawi

0.19

21.1

78.9

0

0

Gabon

0.31

46.5

53.5

0

0

Mauritius

0.36

83.8

16.2

0

0

SaoTome & Principe

0.01

66.7

33.3

0

0

Mozambique

2.38

12.8

87.2

0

0

SUBTOTAL-C. Africa

4.34

8.9

91.1

0

0

Namibia

0.00

0

0

0

0

Burundi

0.04

25.6

74.4

0

0

South Africa

35.18

93.0

1.7

5.2

0

Djibout

0.09

100.0

0

0

0

Swaziland

0.14

61.3

38.7

0

0

Eritrea

0.00

0

0

0

0

Zambia

2.44

7.8

92.2

0

0

Ethiopia

0.49

16.0

77.8

0

6.2

Zimbabwe

2.07

67.8

32.2

0

0

Kenya

0.81

19.8

74.7

0

5.6

SUBTOTAL-S. Africa

43.83

81.2

14.6

4.2

0

Rwanda

0.03

11.8

88.2

0

0

Benin

0.02

100.0

0

0

0

Seychelles

0.03

100.0

0

0

0

Burkina Faso

0.08

61.5

38.5

 

0

Somalia

0.07

100.0

0

0

0

Cape Verde

0.01

100.0

0

0

0

Sudan

0.50

55.0

45.0

0

0

Cote d’Ivoire

1.17

23.7

76.3

0

0

Tanzania

0.54

39.4

60.06

0

0

Gambia

0.03

100.0

0

0

0

Uganda

0.16

4.3

95.7

0

0

Ghana

1.19

9.7

90.3

0

0

SUBTOTAL-E. Africa

2.76

33.8

63.5

0

2.7

Guinea

0.19

76.9

23.1

0

0

Algeria

6.04

95.4

4.6

0

0

Guinea-Bissau

0.01

100.0

0

0

0

Egypt

16.62

83.7

16.3

0

0

Liberia

0.33

75.6

24.4

0

0

Libya

4.60

100.0

0

0

0

Mali

0.11

100.0

43.9

0

0

Morocco

3.96

74.6

25.4

0

0

Mauritania

0.11

75.6

58.1

0

0

Tunisia

1.72

96.3

3.7

0

0

Niger

0.06

56.1

0

0

0

Western Sahara

0.06

100.0

0

0

0

Nigeria

5.88

41.9

39.8

0

0

SUBTOTAL-N. Africa

32.88

87.7

12.3

0

0

Senegal

0.24

100.0

0

0

0

Source: Energy Information Administration.
GW = Gigawatts (billion watts)

Sierra Leone

0.13

98.4

1.6

0

0

Togo

0.03

88.2

11.8

0

0

SUBTOTAL-W.Africa

9.61

52.2

47.8

0

0

 

Total Africa

93.5

75.8

22.2

2.0

0.1