Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Sierra Leone

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Sierra Leone in 2021 — 4.78%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 208. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.78 pp.

2021 4.78% +0.02 pp vs 2020
World rank 113of 208
Period maximum 4.78%2021
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Sierra Leone, 2000–20210246200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0.01%2006: 0.03%2007: 0.13%2008: 0.04%2009: 0.06%2010: 0.08%2011: 0.13%2012: 0.21%2013: 0.32%2014: 2.02%2015: 3.71%2016: 3.3%2017: 4.61%2018: 4.76%2019: 4.77%2020: 4.77%2021: 4.78%
Change over the period: +4.78 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Sierra Leone 4.78%
World 12.42%
Western Africa computed 1.95%
Low-income countries computed 0.44%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 4.78 +0.02 pp
2020 4.77 +0 pp
2019 4.77 +0.01 pp
2018 4.76 +0.15 pp
2017 4.61 +1.31 pp
2016 3.3 −0.41 pp
2015 3.71 +1.69 pp
2014 2.02 +1.71 pp
2013 0.32 +0.11 pp
2012 0.21 +0.07 pp
2011 0.13 +0.05 pp
2010 0.08 +0.01 pp
2009 0.06 +0.02 pp
2008 0.04 −0.09 pp
2007 0.13 +0.11 pp
2006 0.03 +0.01 pp
2005 0.01 +0.01 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 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.