Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2021 — 4.24%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 5.35 pp.
1990–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4.24 | +0.6 pp |
| 2020 | 3.64 | −0.56 pp |
| 2019 | 4.2 | +0.93 pp |
| 2018 | 3.27 | +0.16 pp |
| 2017 | 3.11 | +1.25 pp |
| 2016 | 1.86 | −0.17 pp |
| 2015 | 2.03 | +0.62 pp |
| 2014 | 1.41 | +0.26 pp |
| 2013 | 1.15 | +0.57 pp |
| 2012 | 0.58 | −0.23 pp |
| 2011 | 0.8 | −0.07 pp |
| 2010 | 0.87 | −0.81 pp |
| 2009 | 1.68 | +0.61 pp |
| 2008 | 1.07 | −0.19 pp |
| 2007 | 1.26 | −0.42 pp |
| 2006 | 1.69 | −0.42 pp |
| 2005 | 2.11 | +1.6 pp |
| 2004 | 0.51 | −0.05 pp |
| 2003 | 0.56 | +0.87 pp |
| 2002 | -0.31 | −1.22 pp |
| 2001 | 0.91 | +0.16 pp |
| 2000 | 0.75 | +2.11 pp |
| 1999 | -1.36 | −0.12 pp |
| 1998 | -1.24 | +0.12 pp |
| 1997 | -1.35 | −0.1 pp |
| 1996 | -1.26 | −0.28 pp |
| 1995 | -0.98 | +0.15 pp |
| 1994 | -1.13 | −0.12 pp |
| 1993 | -1.01 | −0.06 pp |
| 1992 | -0.96 | +0.16 pp |
| 1991 | -1.12 | −0.01 pp |
| 1990 | -1.11 | — |
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.
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