Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Afghanistan

Renewables share of electricity in Afghanistan in 2024 — 86.87%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 22.29 pp.

2024 86.87% +0.27 pp vs 2023
World rank 25of 196
Period maximum 89.83%2020
Period minimum 64.58%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Afghanistan, 2000–2024607080902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 64.58%2001: 72.46%2002: 78.87%2003: 69.23%2004: 70.89%2005: 71.95%2006: 71.11%2007: 74.26%2008: 69.23%2009: 87.64%2010: 85.23%2011: 77.92%2012: 84.09%2013: 80.18%2014: 86.21%2015: 87.29%2016: 87.61%2017: 86.5%2018: 82.91%2019: 87.67%2020: 89.83%2021: 87.74%2022: 86.46%2023: 86.6%2024: 86.87%
Change over the period: +22.29 pp Annual average: 0.93 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Afghanistan 86.87%
World computed 31.97%
South Asia computed 21.51%
Southern Asia computed 19.16%
Low-income countries computed 63.41%
Renewables share of electricity — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 86.87 +0.27 pp
2023 86.6 +0.14 pp
2022 86.46 −1.28 pp
2021 87.74 −2.09 pp
2020 89.83 +2.16 pp
2019 87.67 +4.76 pp
2018 82.91 −3.59 pp
2017 86.5 −1.11 pp
2016 87.61 +0.32 pp
2015 87.29 +1.08 pp
2014 86.21 +6.03 pp
2013 80.18 −3.91 pp
2012 84.09 +6.17 pp
2011 77.92 −7.31 pp
2010 85.23 −2.41 pp
2009 87.64 +18.41 pp
2008 69.23 −5.03 pp
2007 74.26 +3.15 pp
2006 71.11 −0.84 pp
2005 71.95 +1.06 pp
2004 70.89 +1.66 pp
2003 69.23 −9.64 pp
2002 78.87 +6.41 pp
2001 72.46 +7.88 pp
2000 64.58

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of electricity from all renewable sources: hydro, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and tidal plants. It differs fundamentally from the indicator for renewables excluding hydro, and the difference explains most of the puzzlement such rankings cause: with hydro included, the top of the list holds countries whose renewable share has always been high — Norway, Paraguay, Nepal — while excluding hydro shows those that rebuilt their generation over the past twenty years.

Important: Hydro is included. The series without hydro is Renewables excluding hydro; it comes from the World Bank and covers more territories. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.