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Economy > Electricity Stats: compare key data on Ghana & Nigeria

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  • Consumption: This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • Consumption per capita: This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Exports: This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
  • Exports per capita: This entry is the total exported electricity in kilowatt-hours. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Imports: This entry is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours.
  • Imports per capita: This entry is the total imported electricity in kilowatt-hours. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Production: This entry is the annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • Production per capita: This entry is the annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
STAT Ghana Nigeria HISTORY
Consumption 6.06 billion kWh
Ranked 75th.
18.14 billion kWh
Ranked 53th. 3 times more than Ghana

Consumption per capita 262.22 kWh
Ranked 111th. 2 times more than Nigeria
119.97 kWh
Ranked 125th.

Exports 538 million kWh
Ranked 43th.
0.0
Ranked 149th.

Exports per capita 23.28 kWh
Ranked 41st.
0.0
Ranked 140th.

Imports 263 million kWh
Ranked 60th.
0.0
Ranked 141st.

Imports per capita 11.38 kWh
Ranked 59th.
0.0
Ranked 132nd.

Production 8.17 billion kWh
Ranked 50th.
20.13 billion kWh
Ranked 33th. 2 times more than Ghana

Production per capita 353.39 kWh
Ranked 83th. 3 times more than Nigeria
133.13 kWh
Ranked 99th.

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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