Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Malawi

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Malawi in 2021 — 7.6%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 208. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.66 pp.

2021 7.6% −0 pp vs 2020
World rank 93of 208
Period maximum 7.6%2020
Period minimum 2.33%2009

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Malawi, 2000–202102468200020032006200920122015201820212000: 2.94%2001: 3.01%2002: 3.39%2003: 2.7%2004: 2.46%2005: 2.68%2006: 2.67%2007: 2.69%2008: 2.66%2009: 2.33%2010: 2.34%2011: 2.37%2012: 2.78%2013: 3.09%2014: 3.15%2015: 3.48%2016: 3.34%2017: 3.82%2018: 4.66%2019: 7.49%2020: 7.6%2021: 7.6%
Change over the period: +4.66 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Malawi 7.6%
World 12.42%
Eastern Africa computed 10.99%
Low-income countries computed 0.44%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 7.6 −0 pp
2020 7.6 +0.11 pp
2019 7.49 +2.83 pp
2018 4.66 +0.84 pp
2017 3.82 +0.48 pp
2016 3.34 −0.14 pp
2015 3.48 +0.32 pp
2014 3.15 +0.06 pp
2013 3.09 +0.32 pp
2012 2.78 +0.41 pp
2011 2.37 +0.03 pp
2010 2.34 +0 pp
2009 2.33 −0.33 pp
2008 2.66 −0.03 pp
2007 2.69 +0.02 pp
2006 2.67 −0.01 pp
2005 2.68 +0.22 pp
2004 2.46 −0.25 pp
2003 2.7 −0.69 pp
2002 3.39 +0.38 pp
2001 3.01 +0.07 pp
2000 2.94

About the indicator

The share of electricity from renewable sources other than hydroelectric plants: solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and tidal. Hydro is set apart deliberately — it was developed long ago and is nearly exhausted, while the growth of renewable generation over the past twenty years came precisely from solar and wind. This series therefore reads as a measure of the energy transition, whereas the total renewable share has always been high in countries with large hydro plants.

Important: The World Bank keeps solar and wind together with biomass and geothermal; separately they are available as Ember series. The total renewable share is available as a ready-made series, Renewables share of electricity. Aggregates are weighted by generation, from 2000 onward.

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