Africa Centre for Energy Policy

Industrial Electricity Tariffs Across Africa

Electricity prices faced by industrial consumers (US$/kWh)

Africa Centre for Energy Policy

Dataset 2025

Insights

Findings from the industrial tariff dataset — coverage, spread, and how African markets compare.

  1. 01

    Coverage: 44 of 54 African countries (81%) have a parseable industrial tariff.

  2. 02

    Africa industrial median is $0.10/kWh; mean $0.13/kWh — distribution is right-skewed (a few high-cost markets pull the mean up).

  3. 03

    Middle half of countries sit between $0.07 and $0.17/kWh (IQR $0.10).

  4. 04

    Spread: Angola ($0.01) → Seychelles ($0.35) — 35.4× difference.

  5. 05

    22 countries at or below the Africa median; 22 above it.

  6. 06

    57% of mapped rates are tagged official (regulator/utility).

  7. 07

    Lowest regional median: Southern Africa ($0.07); highest: Indian Ocean ($0.24).

  8. 08

    Largest TOU premium: Algeria (Peak +350% vs off-peak).

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