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Hydro share of electricity — Malawi

Hydro share of electricity in Malawi in 2021 — 72.45%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 208. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 17.81 pp.

2021 72.45% +0.78 pp vs 2020
World rank 24of 208
Period maximum 96.6%2010
Period minimum 71.68%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Hydro share of electricity — Malawi, 2000–2021708090100200020032006200920122015201820212000: 90.27%2001: 90.22%2002: 89.89%2003: 94.88%2004: 92.05%2005: 91.86%2006: 91.88%2007: 91.88%2008: 96.43%2009: 96.57%2010: 96.6%2011: 96.34%2012: 95.93%2013: 95.72%2014: 95.69%2015: 95.63%2016: 93.48%2017: 80.68%2018: 75.49%2019: 71.77%2020: 71.68%2021: 72.45%
Change over the period: −17.81 pp Annual average: -0.85 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Malawi 72.45%
World 15.41%
Sub-Saharan Africa 28.26%
Eastern Africa computed 67.57%
Low-income countries computed 59.9%
Hydro share of electricity — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 72.45 +0.78 pp
2020 71.68 −0.09 pp
2019 71.77 −3.73 pp
2018 75.49 −5.18 pp
2017 80.68 −12.81 pp
2016 93.48 −2.14 pp
2015 95.63 −0.07 pp
2014 95.69 −0.02 pp
2013 95.72 −0.21 pp
2012 95.93 −0.41 pp
2011 96.34 −0.26 pp
2010 96.6 +0.03 pp
2009 96.57 +0.14 pp
2008 96.43 +4.56 pp
2007 91.88 −0.01 pp
2006 91.88 +0.02 pp
2005 91.86 −0.18 pp
2004 92.05 −2.84 pp
2003 94.88 +5 pp
2002 89.89 −0.33 pp
2001 90.22 −0.05 pp
2000 90.27 —

Eastern Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ET Ethiopia 96.14 ZM Zambia 90.66 UG Uganda 87.95 MZ Mozambique 81.99 MW Malawi 72.45 ZW Zimbabwe 64.09 BI Burundi 59.57 RW Rwanda 54.73 TZ Tanzania 33.69 MG Madagascar 30.55 KE Kenya 29.69 MU Mauritius 3.54 KM Comoros 0 DJ Djibouti 0 ER Eritrea 0 SC Seychelles 0 SO Somalia 0 SS South Sudan 0
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About the indicator

The share of electricity generated at hydroelectric plants. The oldest of the renewable sources and still the largest: hydro yields more electricity than solar and wind together. The share is set by terrain and water availability rather than by policy, so in a number of countries it exceeds ninety percent — and that makes them vulnerable to drought: in a dry year such a country has to burn fuel or buy electricity.

Important: Aggregates are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward. The series swings noticeably from year to year with water availability, and that is not a data error.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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