We are pleased to present the 2025 edition of AFREC’s ‘Key Africa Energy Statistics’ (KAES) report, prepared with the active collaboration of African Union Member States. The data included were jointly collected from AU Member States and validated to ensure reliable and credible information for decision makers.
We are pleased to present the 2025 Energy Balance for African Countries, offering a comprehensive analysis of energy production, transformation, and consumption across the continent. This publication represents a key milestone, illuminating both the opportunities and the challenges facing Africa’s energy sector, and reaffirming our commitment to transparent, inclusive, and sustainable energy governance. Energy is a fundamental pillar of development. It is essential for economic growth, improved living conditions, and social transformation.
The Africa Sustainable Development Goal 7 Report (2025) finds that while Africa has made measurable progress toward universal access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy, the continent remains off track to meet SDG7 targets by 2030. Electricity access rose from 51 percent in 2017 to 61 percent in 2023, yet over 560 million people—mainly in rural and peri-urban areas—still lack electricity, with stark regional disparities and population growth eroding gains.
This report explores the Eastern Africa region’s potential to leverage its significant oil and gas resources to achieve regional climate objectives, energy security, sustainable development and
economic growth through promoting intra-regional trade and ensuring a just energy transition. The focus countries for this region are the following: Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. By developing reserves and promoting intra-regional trade via strategic investments in
Over the past decade, the ECOWAS region has recorded a steady rise in Total Final Energy Consumption (TFEC), growing at an average annual rate of 3.85%, in line with the region’s economic expansion. In 2022, TFEC reached 129,871 ktoe, representing 23.5% of Africa’s total, with Nigeria accounting for 56.2% of regional consumption. Biomass remains dominant, constituting 60% of the energy mix, followed by petroleum products (33.1%) and electricity (5.5%).
A comprehensive compilation of energy information in a digital format
A detailed analysis of the energy flows in Africa including the production, consumption, and regional exchanges
A summary of major energy data and trends across Africa
This report is one of series reports that AFREC have been producing to shed light on the energy situation in Africa, using data collected by AFREC from AU member states. The reports aim to enhance understanding on specific fuels, their production processes, trade and use, while serving as a framework instrument to policy makers across all African countries.
The solar energy resources throughout Africa are very rich and highly available. The regions with the most abundant solar energy resources are the Sahara region, the Ethiopian Plateau and the South African Plateau.