Energy & Infrastructure · Electric power consumption · South Africa
South Africa’s electric power consumption rose to 3,308 kWh per capita in 2024.
3,308 kWh per capita
2024
Up 61 kWh per capita from 2023.
Updated 18 Oct 2026
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3,308 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 · South Africa |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 4,023 kWh per capita |
| 2016 | 3,936 kWh per capita |
| 2017 | 3,940 kWh per capita |
| 2018 | 3,906 kWh per capita |
| 2019 | 3,769 kWh per capita |
| 2020 | 3,478 kWh per capita |
| 2021 | 3,518 kWh per capita |
| 2022 | 3,405 kWh per capita |
| 2023 | 3,247 kWh per capita |
| 2024 | 3,308 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, South Africa, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 18 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/energy/electric-power-consumption/south-africa
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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.