Electricity and Gas Data for 54 African Countries, 1985–2025

1,372 observations of electricity and gas data across 54 African countries, spanning from 1985 to 2025. The dataset is repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa from the Our World in Data source. It was last updated on the platform in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term energy access trends across Africa based on the 1985–2025 time range
• Comparing electricity and gas metrics between different African countries based on the 54-country coverage
• Forecasting future energy needs based on historical data up to 2025
• Assessing the impact of energy policies on development indicators mentioned in the description

Strengths

• Covers a long time series of 40 years (1985–2025)
• Includes data for 54 African countries, offering broad geographic coverage
• Contains 1,372 observations for analysis

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Collection Method

Repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa

Time Range

1985–2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 20:57:23; freshness should be verified

Geography

54 African countries