Kenya Key Figures
- Population:
- 55.1 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 5.43 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 79.4%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 60.8 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 0.27 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 22.7%
* at purchasing power parity
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Kenya Total Energy Consumption
Total per capita energy consumption is around 0.4 toe (2023), an 8% decrease since 2020 (0.5 toe), close to the Sub-Saharan Africa average. Per capita electricity consumption is 191 kWh (2023), which is much higher than neighbour countries (58% higher than in Tanzania, twice that in Uganda).
Total energy consumption has slightly decreased since 2019 to 24 Mtoe, after growing by an average of 2.2%/year, from 2010 to 2019.
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Kenya Crude Oil Production
Kenya does not produce oil. The country has four petroleum exploration basins including Lamu Basin, Anza Basin, Mandera Basin, and Tertiary Rift Basin. There are 63 petroleum blocks gazetted in Kenya: 35 are open for bidding and 27 are licenced (26 to 13 international oil companies and 1 to NOCK). In March 2025, the Energy and Petroleum Ministry announced that it has identified 10 oil and gas blocks that would be available for a first licensing round in September 2025.
Exploration by ENI in the Lamu Basin started in 2022 and revealed that the wells are dry.
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Kenya Renewable in % Electricity Production
RERAC, the Renewable Energy Resources Advisory Committee set up by the Energy Act (2019), is in charge of regulating the development of the renewable energy policy. REREC is the lead agency for the development of renewables other than geothermal and large hydro.
GDC, Geothermal Development Company (100% state-owned), was created in 2008 to fast track the development of geothermal resources, the main source of electricity in Kenya.
The country targets 100% of renewables in its power mix by 2030 (88% in 2023).
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Kenya CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
In its updated NDC (2020), the country set a GHG emissions reduction target of 32% in 2030 (30% previously), compared to a BaU scenario of 143 MtCO2e. To reach this target, Kenya commits to mobilize resources to meet 21% of the budget by bringing US$ 3.7bn and will require international support for the remaining 79% of the budget.
Since 2017, CO2 emissions from energy combustion have been averaging 15 MtCO2/year (15 MtCO2 in 2023), after doubling between 2005 and 2017.
Graph: CO2-ENERGY EMISSIONS (MtCO2)