Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Ghana

Renewables share of electricity in Ghana in 2024 — 36.21%. Ranked 82 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 55.14 pp.

2024 36.21% −2.31 pp vs 2023
World rank 82of 196
Period maximum 91.35%2000
Period minimum 34.78%2021

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Ghana, 2000–2024204060801002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 91.35%2001: 83.87%2002: 68.78%2003: 65.65%2004: 87.34%2005: 82.79%2006: 66.39%2007: 53.16%2008: 73.92%2009: 76.39%2010: 68.68%2011: 66.4%2012: 65.92%2013: 62.89%2014: 63.61%2015: 49.91%2016: 42.22%2017: 42.64%2018: 40.71%2019: 42.32%2020: 37.35%2021: 34.78%2022: 36.05%2023: 38.52%2024: 36.21%
Change over the period: −55.14 pp Annual average: -2.3 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 36.21%
World computed 31.97%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 37.56%
Western Africa computed 29.13%
Renewables share of electricity — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 36.21 −2.31 pp
2023 38.52 +2.47 pp
2022 36.05 +1.27 pp
2021 34.78 −2.57 pp
2020 37.35 −4.97 pp
2019 42.32 +1.61 pp
2018 40.71 −1.93 pp
2017 42.64 +0.42 pp
2016 42.22 −7.69 pp
2015 49.91 −13.7 pp
2014 63.61 +0.72 pp
2013 62.89 −3.03 pp
2012 65.92 −0.48 pp
2011 66.4 −2.28 pp
2010 68.68 −7.71 pp
2009 76.39 +2.47 pp
2008 73.92 +20.76 pp
2007 53.16 −13.23 pp
2006 66.39 −16.4 pp
2005 82.79 −4.55 pp
2004 87.34 +21.69 pp
2003 65.65 −3.13 pp
2002 68.78 −15.09 pp
2001 83.87 −7.48 pp
2000 91.35

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.