Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Middle East & North Africa

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Middle East & North Africa in 2021 — 2.86%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 2.86 pp.

2021 2.86% +0.36 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 2.86%2021
Period minimum -0.14%2005

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Middle East & North Africa, 1990–2021-101231990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 0%1991: 0%1992: 0%1993: 0%1994: 0%1995: 0.01%1996: 0%1997: 0.03%1998: 0%1999: 0.01%2000: 0.41%2001: 0.15%2002: 0.07%2003: 0%2004: 0.42%2005: -0.14%2006: 0.07%2007: 0.07%2008: 0.42%2009: 0.48%2010: 0.19%2011: 0.63%2012: 0.39%2013: 0.37%2014: 0.55%2015: 0.64%2016: 1.04%2017: 1.24%2018: 1.52%2019: 1.78%2020: 2.5%2021: 2.86%
Change over the period: +2.86 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 2.86%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 2.86 +0.36 pp
2020 2.5 +0.71 pp
2019 1.78 +0.26 pp
2018 1.52 +0.28 pp
2017 1.24 +0.19 pp
2016 1.04 +0.4 pp
2015 0.64 +0.09 pp
2014 0.55 +0.18 pp
2013 0.37 −0.02 pp
2012 0.39 −0.23 pp
2011 0.63 +0.44 pp
2010 0.19 −0.29 pp
2009 0.48 +0.06 pp
2008 0.42 +0.35 pp
2007 0.07 +0 pp
2006 0.07 +0.21 pp
2005 -0.14 −0.57 pp
2004 0.42 +0.43 pp
2003 0 −0.07 pp
2002 0.07 −0.09 pp
2001 0.15 −0.26 pp
2000 0.41 +0.4 pp
1999 0.01 +0.01 pp
1998 0 −0.03 pp
1997 0.03 +0.03 pp
1996 0 −0.01 pp
1995 0.01 +0.01 pp
1994 0 −0 pp
1993 0 −0 pp
1992 0 −0 pp
1991 0 −0 pp
1990 0

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.