Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Eastern Africa

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Eastern Africa in 2021 — 10.99%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.82 pp.

2021 10.99% +2.77 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 10.99%2021
Period minimum 0.75%2002

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Eastern Africa, 2000–2021051015200020032006200920122015201820212000: 2.17%2001: 2.74%2002: 0.75%2003: 1.14%2004: 3.03%2005: 3.58%2006: 4.75%2007: 3.5%2008: 3.61%2009: 5.48%2010: 3.99%2011: 5.44%2012: 4.98%2013: 5.51%2014: 5.11%2015: 7.98%2016: 5.94%2017: 8.79%2018: 7.75%2019: 10.11%2020: 8.22%2021: 10.99%
Change over the period: +8.82 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Eastern Africa 10.99%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 10.99 +2.77 pp
2020 8.22 −1.89 pp
2019 10.11 +2.36 pp
2018 7.75 −1.04 pp
2017 8.79 +2.86 pp
2016 5.94 −2.04 pp
2015 7.98 +2.87 pp
2014 5.11 −0.4 pp
2013 5.51 +0.53 pp
2012 4.98 −0.46 pp
2011 5.44 +1.45 pp
2010 3.99 −1.49 pp
2009 5.48 +1.88 pp
2008 3.61 +0.11 pp
2007 3.5 −1.25 pp
2006 4.75 +1.17 pp
2005 3.58 +0.55 pp
2004 3.03 +1.89 pp
2003 1.14 +0.39 pp
2002 0.75 −2 pp
2001 2.74 +0.58 pp
2000 2.17

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.