In 2022, Algeria was the largest primary energy producer on the African continent. As of the same year, the North African country's primary energy production amounted to 6.72 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu). South Africa, Nigeria, and Egypt followed at 6.03 quadrillion Btu, 4.45 quadrillion Btu, and 3.89 quadrillion Btu of primary energy produced, respectively. Libya and Angola ranked fifth and sixth, as the last countries in the continent with primary energy production higher than one quadrillion Btu, with 2.75 quadrillion Btu and 2.7 quadrillion Btu, respectively.
Total primary energy production in selected African countries as of 2022
(in quadrillion British thermal units)
Characteristic
Production of energy in quadrillion British thermal units
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EIA. (June 15, 2023). Total primary energy production in selected African countries as of 2022 (in quadrillion British thermal units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1209572/total-primary-energy-production-in-africa-by-country/
EIA. "Total primary energy production in selected African countries as of 2022 (in quadrillion British thermal units)." Chart. June 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1209572/total-primary-energy-production-in-africa-by-country/
EIA. (2023). Total primary energy production in selected African countries as of 2022 (in quadrillion British thermal units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1209572/total-primary-energy-production-in-africa-by-country/
EIA. "Total Primary Energy Production in Selected African Countries as of 2022 (in Quadrillion British Thermal Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1209572/total-primary-energy-production-in-africa-by-country/
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Total primary energy production in selected African countries as of 2022 (in quadrillion British thermal units) [Graph], EIA, June 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1209572/total-primary-energy-production-in-africa-by-country/
