Sub-Saharan Africa Coal Usage/Consumption

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Sub-Saharan Africa coal usage/consumption for 2022 was 42.14%, a 0.64% decline from 2021.

Sub-Saharan Africa coal usage/consumption for 2021 was 42.78%, a 1.82% decline from 2020.
Sub-Saharan Africa coal usage/consumption for 2020 was 44.61%, a 2.42% decline from 2019.
Sub-Saharan Africa coal usage/consumption for 2019 was 47.03%, a 1.86% decline from 2018.

Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.