Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Sub-Saharan Africa

Renewables share of electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 37.56%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.96 pp.

2024 37.56% +0.48 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 37.56%2024
Period minimum 20.61%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–202420253035402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 20.61%2001: 21.85%2002: 22.06%2003: 20.71%2004: 20.91%2005: 21.34%2006: 21.58%2007: 21.27%2008: 21.71%2009: 22.84%2010: 23.65%2011: 24%2012: 24.39%2013: 24.83%2014: 26.3%2015: 26.71%2016: 26.44%2017: 28.26%2018: 29.26%2019: 30.41%2020: 32.28%2021: 33.49%2022: 36.05%2023: 37.09%2024: 37.56%
Change over the period: +16.96 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 37.56%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 37.56 +0.48 pp
2023 37.09 +1.04 pp
2022 36.05 +2.56 pp
2021 33.49 +1.21 pp
2020 32.28 +1.87 pp
2019 30.41 +1.15 pp
2018 29.26 +1 pp
2017 28.26 +1.82 pp
2016 26.44 −0.27 pp
2015 26.71 +0.41 pp
2014 26.3 +1.48 pp
2013 24.83 +0.43 pp
2012 24.39 +0.39 pp
2011 24 +0.35 pp
2010 23.65 +0.81 pp
2009 22.84 +1.13 pp
2008 21.71 +0.43 pp
2007 21.27 −0.3 pp
2006 21.58 +0.24 pp
2005 21.34 +0.43 pp
2004 20.91 +0.2 pp
2003 20.71 −1.36 pp
2002 22.06 +0.22 pp
2001 21.85 +1.24 pp
2000 20.61

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.