Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Sierra Leone

Renewables share of electricity in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 95.23%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 84.12 pp.

2024 95.23% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 14of 196
Period maximum 95.23%2023
Period minimum 0%2006

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Sierra Leone, 2000–202402550751002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 11.11%2001: 7.69%2002: 12.5%2003: 13.33%2004: 16.67%2005: 25%2006: 0%2007: 33.33%2008: 33.33%2009: 33.33%2010: 85.71%2011: 88.24%2012: 66.67%2013: 62.5%2014: 80%2015: 75%2016: 61.9%2017: 60.87%2018: 66.66%2019: 95%2020: 95%2021: 95%2022: 95%2023: 95.23%2024: 95.23%
Change over the period: +84.12 pp Annual average: 3.51 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Sierra Leone 95.23%
World computed 31.97%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 37.56%
Western Africa computed 29.13%
Low-income countries computed 63.41%
Renewables share of electricity — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 95.23 +0 pp
2023 95.23 +0.23 pp
2022 95 +0 pp
2021 95 +0 pp
2020 95 +0 pp
2019 95 +28.34 pp
2018 66.66 +5.79 pp
2017 60.87 −1.03 pp
2016 61.9 −13.1 pp
2015 75 −5 pp
2014 80 +17.5 pp
2013 62.5 −4.17 pp
2012 66.67 −21.57 pp
2011 88.24 +2.53 pp
2010 85.71 +52.38 pp
2009 33.33 +0 pp
2008 33.33 +0 pp
2007 33.33 +33.33 pp
2006 0 −25 pp
2005 25 +8.33 pp
2004 16.67 +3.34 pp
2003 13.33 +0.83 pp
2002 12.5 +4.81 pp
2001 7.69 −3.42 pp
2000 11.11

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.