Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Southern Africa

Renewables share of electricity in Southern Africa in 2024 — 13.09%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.26 pp.

2024 13.09% −0.06 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 13.15%2023
Period minimum 1.45%2004

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Southern Africa, 2000–20240510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1.83%2001: 2.03%2002: 2.22%2003: 1.52%2004: 1.45%2005: 1.81%2006: 2.34%2007: 2.28%2008: 1.69%2009: 1.84%2010: 1.62%2011: 2.27%2012: 1.58%2013: 1.56%2014: 2.62%2015: 3.51%2016: 4.06%2017: 5.66%2018: 5.68%2019: 5.96%2020: 7.36%2021: 8.54%2022: 10.63%2023: 13.15%2024: 13.09%
Change over the period: +11.26 pp Annual average: 0.47 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 13.09%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 13.09 −0.06 pp
2023 13.15 +2.52 pp
2022 10.63 +2.09 pp
2021 8.54 +1.18 pp
2020 7.36 +1.4 pp
2019 5.96 +0.28 pp
2018 5.68 +0.02 pp
2017 5.66 +1.6 pp
2016 4.06 +0.55 pp
2015 3.51 +0.88 pp
2014 2.62 +1.06 pp
2013 1.56 −0.01 pp
2012 1.58 −0.7 pp
2011 2.27 +0.65 pp
2010 1.62 −0.22 pp
2009 1.84 +0.15 pp
2008 1.69 −0.59 pp
2007 2.28 −0.06 pp
2006 2.34 +0.53 pp
2005 1.81 +0.36 pp
2004 1.45 −0.07 pp
2003 1.52 −0.7 pp
2002 2.22 +0.2 pp
2001 2.03 +0.2 pp
2000 1.83

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.