Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Southern Africa

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Southern Africa in 2021 — 3.81%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.45 pp.

2021 3.81% +0.34 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 3.81%2021
Period minimum -0.04%2009

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Southern Africa, 2000–2021-101234200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0.36%2001: 0.6%2002: 0.21%2003: 0.41%2004: 0.33%2005: 0.3%2006: 0.04%2007: 0.46%2008: 0.08%2009: -0.04%2010: 0.03%2011: 0.2%2012: 0.2%2013: 0.27%2014: 0.64%2015: 1.26%2016: 1.66%2017: 2.06%2018: 2.71%2019: 3.24%2020: 3.47%2021: 3.81%
Change over the period: +3.45 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Africa 3.81%
World 12.42%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 3.81 +0.34 pp
2020 3.47 +0.23 pp
2019 3.24 +0.52 pp
2018 2.71 +0.65 pp
2017 2.06 +0.41 pp
2016 1.66 +0.4 pp
2015 1.26 +0.62 pp
2014 0.64 +0.37 pp
2013 0.27 +0.07 pp
2012 0.2 +0 pp
2011 0.2 +0.17 pp
2010 0.03 +0.07 pp
2009 -0.04 −0.12 pp
2008 0.08 −0.39 pp
2007 0.46 +0.43 pp
2006 0.04 −0.26 pp
2005 0.3 −0.04 pp
2004 0.33 −0.07 pp
2003 0.41 +0.19 pp
2002 0.21 −0.39 pp
2001 0.6 +0.24 pp
2000 0.36

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.