Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Western Africa

Renewables share of electricity in Western Africa in 2024 — 29.13%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 17.59 pp.

2024 29.13% +0.76 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 46.72%2000
Period minimum 25.52%2015

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Western Africa, 2000–2024203040502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 46.72%2001: 45.15%2002: 40.41%2003: 38.47%2004: 39.05%2005: 38.03%2006: 33.49%2007: 30.83%2008: 35.78%2009: 36.04%2010: 33.83%2011: 32.98%2012: 31.38%2013: 29.67%2014: 28.49%2015: 25.52%2016: 25.99%2017: 27.94%2018: 27.47%2019: 29.26%2020: 27.14%2021: 26.94%2022: 29.73%2023: 28.37%2024: 29.13%
Change over the period: −17.59 pp Annual average: -0.73 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Africa 29.13%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 29.13 +0.76 pp
2023 28.37 −1.37 pp
2022 29.73 +2.8 pp
2021 26.94 −0.2 pp
2020 27.14 −2.13 pp
2019 29.26 +1.8 pp
2018 27.47 −0.47 pp
2017 27.94 +1.95 pp
2016 25.99 +0.46 pp
2015 25.52 −2.96 pp
2014 28.49 −1.19 pp
2013 29.67 −1.7 pp
2012 31.38 −1.6 pp
2011 32.98 −0.86 pp
2010 33.83 −2.2 pp
2009 36.04 +0.26 pp
2008 35.78 +4.95 pp
2007 30.83 −2.66 pp
2006 33.49 −4.54 pp
2005 38.03 −1.02 pp
2004 39.05 +0.57 pp
2003 38.47 −1.94 pp
2002 40.41 −4.74 pp
2001 45.15 −1.56 pp
2000 46.72

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.