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🇧🇯 Electricity Generation of Benin

The electricity generated in Benin has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2021, electricity generation in Benin reach 0.24 TWh. Whereof 95.83% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Other Fossil.

  • In 2021, the electricity generation in Benin increased by 4.35%
  • In total, Benin generated 0.24 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation in Benin grew with 0.01 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 200.0% in Benin
  • In 2021, Benin produced 0.000862816802063% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of Benin (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021, Benin's electricity generation has increased from 0.08 TWh to 0.24 TWh, a 200.0% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 21 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 0.08 % %
2001 0.06 -0.02% -25.0%
2002 0.06 0.0% 0.0%
2003 0.07 0.01% 16.67%
2004 0.08 0.01% 14.29%
2005 0.1 0.02% 25.0%
2006 0.14 0.04% 40.0%
2007 0.2 0.06% 42.86%
2008 0.21 0.01% 5.0%
2009 0.12 -0.09% -42.86%
2010 0.11 -0.01% -8.33%
2011 0.09 -0.02% -18.18%
2012 0.05 -0.04% -44.44%
2013 0.09 0.04% 80.0%
2014 0.22 0.13% 144.44%
2015 0.3 0.08% 36.36%
2016 0.25 -0.05% -16.67%
2017 0.31 0.06% 24.0%
2018 0.19 -0.12% -38.71%
2019 0.2 0.01% 5.26%
2020 0.23 0.03% 15.0%
2021 0.24 0.01% 4.35%

Benin's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Other Fossil was the largest generator of electrical energy in Benin with 95.83% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Other Fossil 95.83%
Solar 4.17%
Bioenergy 0.0%
Coal 0.0%
Gas 0.0%
Hydro 0.0%
Nuclear 0.0%
Other Renewables 0.0%
Wind 0.0%

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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