Nigeria
Electricity generation by source · TWh
2025
42.5 TWh- Coal generation · #84 of 203 0 0%
- Other fossil generation · #183 of 205 0 0%
- Gas generation · #39 of 202 28.9 68%
- Nuclear generation · #33 of 200 0 0%
- Hydro generation · #39 of 204 13.4 31.5%
- Solar generation · #112 of 205 0.1 0.3%
- Bioenergy generation · #90 of 205 0.1 0.1%
- Wind generation · #109 of 203 0 0%
- Other renewables generation · #28 of 182 0 0%
Since 2000
Table · 26 years, TWh
| Year | Coal generation | Other fossil generation | Gas generation | Nuclear generation | Hydro generation | Solar generation | Bioenergy generation | Wind generation | Other renewables generation | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 28.9 | 0 | 13.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 42.5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 28.2 | 0 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 | 0 | 9.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 40.9 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 | 0 | 9.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 0 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 0 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 28.9 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 24.4 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 28.3 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.5 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 26.7 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 26.9 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.3 |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 23.6 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.9 |
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.7 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 21.2 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | 19.8 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | 15.3 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.8 |
| 2008 | 0 | 0 | 15.4 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 16.8 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 16.9 | 0 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 15.8 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.6 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 16.2 | 0 | 8.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 | 0 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.6 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 9.6 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.5 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 |
p = provisional. — = the source printed no value for that year.
Electricity generated in the year, by the fuel or technology that generated it (Ember). The nine sources sum to total generation; net imports are not generation and are not in the mix.
Source: Ember — Yearly Electricity Data · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved as 2026-11-11
Ember (2026), Yearly Electricity Data, ember-energy.org, CC BY 4.0.
Indicators · as of 11 Nov 2026
- Bioenergy capacity0 GW2025 · #92 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Coal capacity0.3 GW2025 · #57 of 203 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Electricity demand40.2 TWh2025 · #63 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Electricity net imports-2.3 TWh2025 · #183 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Gas capacity11.9 GW2025 · #32 of 202 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Hydro capacity2.9 GW2025 · #46 of 204 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Nuclear capacity0 GW2025 · #32 of 200 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Other fossil capacity0 GW2025 · #162 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Other renewables capacity0 GW2025 · #28 of 182 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Power sector emissions19.2 MtCO2e2025 · #51 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Power emissions intensity451.7 gCO2e/kWh2025 · #106 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Solar capacity0.3 GW2025 · #87 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Total capacity15.5 GW2025 · #47 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Total generation42.5 TWh2025 · #62 of 205 · Ember, 2026-11-11
- Wind capacity0 GW2025 · #97 of 203 · Ember, 2026-11-11