Senegal Energy - 2023

Electricity access

electrification - total population: 71% (2019)

electrification - urban areas: 94% (2019)

electrification - rural areas: 50% (2019)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 1.312 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 4,735,980,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 0 kWh (2019 est.)

imports: 324 million kWh (2019 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 764 million kWh (2019 est.)

comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 129; consumption 126; exports 113; imports 94; transmission/distribution losses 121

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 84.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 0.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 6.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 2.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 894,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 894,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 0 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 57,500 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 20,500 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 0 barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

17,590 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

4,063 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

32,050 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 60.003 million cubic meters (2019 est.)

consumption: 60.003 million cubic meters (2019 est.)

exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

10.696 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 1.955 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 8.64 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 101,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

9.221 million Btu/person (2019 est.)