Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Eastern Africa

Renewables share of electricity in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 78.77%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.93 pp.

2024 78.77% +3.42 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 81.34%2003
Period minimum 73.05%2017

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Eastern Africa, 2000–202472.57577.58082.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 74.84%2001: 75.93%2002: 78.89%2003: 81.34%2004: 78.03%2005: 75.11%2006: 77.02%2007: 80.27%2008: 80.15%2009: 78.39%2010: 78.17%2011: 75.35%2012: 76.7%2013: 76.39%2014: 77.74%2015: 77.56%2016: 74.89%2017: 73.05%2018: 73.06%2019: 73.07%2020: 76.36%2021: 77.4%2022: 76.42%2023: 75.35%2024: 78.77%
Change over the period: +3.93 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Africa 78.77%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 78.77 +3.42 pp
2023 75.35 −1.06 pp
2022 76.42 −0.98 pp
2021 77.4 +1.04 pp
2020 76.36 +3.28 pp
2019 73.07 +0.01 pp
2018 73.06 +0.01 pp
2017 73.05 −1.85 pp
2016 74.89 −2.67 pp
2015 77.56 −0.18 pp
2014 77.74 +1.36 pp
2013 76.39 −0.31 pp
2012 76.7 +1.35 pp
2011 75.35 −2.82 pp
2010 78.17 −0.22 pp
2009 78.39 −1.77 pp
2008 80.15 −0.12 pp
2007 80.27 +3.25 pp
2006 77.02 +1.92 pp
2005 75.11 −2.92 pp
2004 78.03 −3.31 pp
2003 81.34 +2.45 pp
2002 78.89 +2.96 pp
2001 75.93 +1.1 pp
2000 74.84

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.