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Electricity exports, billion kilowatthours, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 47 countries was 0.71 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in South Africa: 12.27 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Angola: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries Electricity exports, 2022 Global rank Available data
South Africa 12.27 1 1980 - 2023
Mozambique 11.45 2 1980 - 2023
Zambia 3.07 3 1980 - 2023
Ghana 2.22 4 1980 - 2023
Ethiopia 1.75 5 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.97 6 1980 - 2023
Mali 0.6 7 1980 - 2023
Uganda 0.43 8 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.4 9 1980 - 2023
Namibia 0.17 10 1990 - 2023
DR Congo 0.06 11 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.03 12 1980 - 2023
Kenya 0.02 13 1980 - 2023
Malawi 0.02 14 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 0.01 15 1980 - 2023
Angola 0 16 1980 - 2022
Benin 0 17 1980 - 2023
Botswana 0 18 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 19 1980 - 2022
Burundi 0 20 1980 - 2022
Cameroon 0 21 1980 - 2022
Cape Verde 0 22 1980 - 2022
C.A. Republic 0 23 1980 - 2022
Chad 0 24 1980 - 2022
Comoros 0 25 1980 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 0 26 1980 - 2022
Eritrea 0 27 1994 - 2022
Gabon 0 28 1980 - 2022
Gambia 0 29 1980 - 2022
Guinea 0 30 1980 - 2022
G.-Bissau 0 31 1980 - 2022
Lesotho 0 32 1980 - 2022
Liberia 0 33 1980 - 2022
Madagascar 0 34 1980 - 2022
Mauritania 0 35 1980 - 2022
Mauritius 0 36 1980 - 2022
Niger 0 37 1980 - 2022
Nigeria 0 38 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 39 1980 - 2022
Senegal 0 40 1980 - 2022
Seychelles 0 41 1980 - 2022
Sierra Leone 0 42 1980 - 2022
Somalia 0 43 1980 - 2022
Sudan 0 44 1980 - 2022
Swaziland 0 45 1980 - 2022
Tanzania 0 46 1980 - 2022
Togo 0 47 1980 - 2022



Definition: Annual export of electricity in billion kWh.

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