Energy & Infrastructure · Electric power consumption · Botswana
Botswana’s electric power consumption fell to 1,660 kWh per capita in 2024.
1,660 kWh per capita
2024
Down 82.6 kWh per capita from 2023.
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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1,660 kWh per capita
What it is. Production of power plants and combined heat and power plants, less transmission, distribution and transformation losses and the plants' own use, per person.
Neither way is good in itself. Whether a change is welcome depends on why it happened, so read it against its own history and other countries.
Why it matters. A single figure says little on its own: its direction over time and its place among other countries say more.
| Period | Electric power consumption · Botswana |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,727 kWh per capita |
| 2016 | 1,657 kWh per capita |
| 2017 | 1,618 kWh per capita |
| 2018 | 1,575 kWh per capita |
| 2019 | 1,502 kWh per capita |
| 2020 | 1,472 kWh per capita |
| 2021 | 1,464 kWh per capita |
| 2022 | 1,590 kWh per capita |
| 2023 | 1,743 kWh per capita |
| 2024 | 1,660 kWh per capita |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Electric power consumption, Botswana, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 18 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/energy/electric-power-consumption/botswana
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Production of power plants and combined heat and power plants, less transmission, distribution and transformation losses and the plants' own use, per person. Unit: kWh per capita.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series EG.USE.ELEC.KH.PC), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.