Sub-Saharan Africa Coal Usage/Consumption 1971-2025

Sub-Saharan Africa coal usage/consumption for 2015 was 51.06%, a 1% decline from 2014.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa coal usage/consumption for 2014 was 52.07%, a 2.06% decline from 2013.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa coal usage/consumption for 2013 was 54.12%, a 1.64% decline from 2012.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa coal usage/consumption for 2012 was 55.77%, a 0.76% decline from 2011.
Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.