In 2023, electricity consumption in Comoros was just 165 kWh per person—about 4% of the global average of 3,794 kWh per person, or roughly one twenty-third as much. Reported low-carbon electricity generation was zero, indicating that clean sources were not contributing to domestic generation in the supplied figures. A detailed fossil-fuel breakdown was not provided. Such limited electricity availability can constrain healthcare, education, refrigeration and business development, while making it harder to expand electrification and digital services.

Is Electricity Growing in Comoros?

Electricity consumption per person is not currently growing: the 2023 figure was 3 kWh below the previous record of 168 kWh in 2022, a decline of about 2%. This is a disappointing setback given the need for much greater electricity availability. Low-carbon generation also remained unchanged at zero kWh per person, matching the reported record from 2000. The latest figures therefore show neither a new consumption record nor progress in clean electricity generation; they do not, however, establish whether total national electricity consumption grew.

Suggestions

Comoros should prioritize solar electricity through rooftop installations, larger solar projects and island microgrids, supported by storage and stronger distribution networks. Vietnam and Thailand offer relevant tropical examples, generating about 21 TWh and 11 TWh of solar electricity respectively, although these totals are not targets scaled to Comoros. Wind could complement solar where local measurements identify suitable sites; Vietnam generated about 11 TWh from wind. Comoros should also consider nuclear electricity in its long-term planning, drawing lessons in workforce development and institutional capacity from South Africa, which generated about 12 TWh from nuclear, and the United Arab Emirates, with about 32 TWh. Expanding clean electricity would support economic development while reducing dependence on fossil fuels and their climate and air-pollution impacts.

History

The historical information supplied is limited: no year-by-year changes in low-carbon electricity generation were included. The available benchmarks show a reported low-carbon record of zero kWh per person in 2000 and the same value in 2023, so they provide no evidence of a sustained clean-electricity expansion over that period. They are insufficient to reconstruct developments in individual years or decades. The clear priority now is to build a measurable growth trajectory, especially through solar deployment and longer-term consideration of nuclear electricity.

Electricity Imports and Exports

Balance of Trade