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  • Consumption: Total electricity consumed 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: Total electricity consumed 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Consumption by households and other consumers per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Consumption by households per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Consumption by petroleum refineries per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Consumption per capita: Total electricity consumed 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.
  • From other renewable sources: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
  • Installed generating capacity: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour.
  • Production: 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 > KWh: Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants."
  • Production > Per capita: 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. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Production per capita: 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.
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STAT SUB-SAHARAN TOTAL SUB-SAHARAN AVERAGE DATES
Consumption 248.03 billion kWh
8% of surveyed countries 		82.67 billion kWh
52% less than average 		2012
Consumption > Per capita 128.13 kWh per capita
9 times less than average 		2008
Consumption by households 66.52 billion kWh
1% of surveyed countries 		1.71 billion kWh
13 times less than average 		2005
Consumption by households and other consumers per capita 204.9 kWh
9 times less than average 		2005
Consumption by households per capita 108.37 kWh
9 times less than average 		2005
Consumption by petroleum refineries 7.85 billion kWh
3% of surveyed countries 		3.93 billion kWh
6% less than average 		2005
Consumption by petroleum refineries per capita 83.32 kWh
76% less than average 		2005
Consumption per capita 1,327.27 kWh
68% less than average 		2009
Exports 24.59 billion kWh
4% of surveyed countries 		614.83 million kWh
5 times less than average 		2012
From other renewable sources 0.0
 2012
Installed generating capacity 508,000 kW
362% of surveyed countries 		508,000 kW
4 times more than average 		2012
Production 274.37 billion kWh
3% of surveyed countries 		91.46 billion kWh
3 times less than average 		2012
Production > KWh 17.87 billion
10 times less than average 		2007
Production > Per capita 137.62 kWh per capita
38 times less than average 		2008
Production per capita 695.59 kWh
3 times less than average 		2009

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