Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Western Africa

Clean electricity share in Western Africa in 2024 — 29.13%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 17.59 pp.

2024 29.13% +0.76 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 46.72%2000
Period minimum 25.52%2015

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Western Africa, 2000–2024203040502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 46.72%2001: 45.15%2002: 40.41%2003: 38.47%2004: 39.05%2005: 38.03%2006: 33.49%2007: 30.83%2008: 35.78%2009: 36.04%2010: 33.83%2011: 32.98%2012: 31.38%2013: 29.67%2014: 28.49%2015: 25.52%2016: 25.99%2017: 27.94%2018: 27.47%2019: 29.26%2020: 27.14%2021: 26.94%2022: 29.73%2023: 28.37%2024: 29.13%
Change over the period: −17.59 pp Annual average: -0.73 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa

Western Africa 29.13%
World computed 40.83%
Clean electricity share — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 29.13 +0.76 pp
2023 28.37 −1.37 pp
2022 29.73 +2.8 pp
2021 26.94 −0.2 pp
2020 27.14 −2.13 pp
2019 29.26 +1.8 pp
2018 27.47 −0.47 pp
2017 27.94 +1.95 pp
2016 25.99 +0.46 pp
2015 25.52 −2.96 pp
2014 28.49 −1.19 pp
2013 29.67 −1.7 pp
2012 31.38 −1.6 pp
2011 32.98 −0.86 pp
2010 33.83 −2.2 pp
2009 36.04 +0.26 pp
2008 35.78 +4.95 pp
2007 30.83 −2.66 pp
2006 33.49 −4.54 pp
2005 38.03 −1.02 pp
2004 39.05 +0.57 pp
2003 38.47 −1.94 pp
2002 40.41 −4.74 pp
2001 45.15 −1.56 pp
2000 46.72

About the indicator

The share of electricity from sources that emit nothing while they operate: all renewables together with nuclear generation. Ember calls such generation clean, and it is also described as low-carbon; the grouping is made on a single feature — the absence of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour — and it has no bearing on any other property of nuclear power. The indicator is useful precisely because it does not depend on the choice between the two ways of doing without fuel: a country with a large nuclear program and a country with hydropower end up side by side.

Important: Renewables and nuclear together, on the criterion of no emissions while operating. It complements the fossil fuel share: together they come to about one hundred percent. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.