Gas Share of Energy Consumption for Four African Countries, 1965–2024

Gas Share Energy data from Our World in Data, repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa. The dataset contains 240 observations across 4 African countries, covering the period from 1965 to 2024. It tracks the proportion of energy derived from gas sources over time.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in gas dependency based on the multi-decade time series.
• Compare gas share of energy across the four African countries mentioned in the description.
• Model energy transition pathways based on historical gas consumption data.
• Benchmark national energy mixes against regional trends.

Strengths

• Covers a long time range from 1965 to 2024.
• Provides data for 4 distinct African countries.
• Contains 240 observations, suggesting a structured time series.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic coverage is limited to only four countries.

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Collection Method

Repackaged by Electric Sheep Africa from the original source.

Time Range

1965–2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 21:43:43; freshness should be verified.

Geography

4 African countries