Solar electricity generation — all countries

Solar electricity generation — Eastern Africa

Solar electricity generation in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 1.75 TWh.

2024 1.75 TWh −4.37% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 1.83 TWh2023
Period minimum 0 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Solar electricity generation — Eastern Africa, 2000–202400.511.522000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0 TWh2001: 0 TWh2002: 0 TWh2003: 0 TWh2004: 0 TWh2005: 0 TWh2006: 0.01 TWh2007: 0.01 TWh2008: 0.02 TWh2009: 0.04 TWh2010: 0.11 TWh2011: 0.18 TWh2012: 0.25 TWh2013: 0.32 TWh2014: 0.42 TWh2015: 0.46 TWh2016: 0.54 TWh2017: 0.61 TWh2018: 0.66 TWh2019: 1.01 TWh2020: 1.16 TWh2021: 1.27 TWh2022: 1.65 TWh2023: 1.83 TWh2024: 1.75 TWh
Change over the period: +1.75

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Africa 1.75 TWh
World computed 2,135.9 TWh
Solar electricity generation — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 1.75 −0.08 −4.37%
2023 1.83 +0.18 +10.91%
2022 1.65 +0.38 +29.92%
2021 1.27 +0.11 +9.48%
2020 1.16 +0.15 +14.85%
2019 1.01 +0.35 +53.03%
2018 0.66 +0.05 +8.2%
2017 0.61 +0.07 +12.96%
2016 0.54 +0.08 +17.39%
2015 0.46 +0.04 +9.52%
2014 0.42 +0.1 +31.25%
2013 0.32 +0.07 +28%
2012 0.25 +0.07 +38.89%
2011 0.18 +0.07 +63.64%
2010 0.11 +0.07 +175%
2009 0.04 +0.02 +100%
2008 0.02 +0.01 +100%
2007 0.01 +0 +0%
2006 0.01 +0.01
2005 0 +0
2004 0 +0
2003 0 +0
2002 0 +0
2001 0 +0
2000 0

About the indicator

Electricity generated by solar plants over the year, in terawatt-hours. The absolute figure answers a different question than the share: a country with a small solar share but a huge power system generates more of it than the leader by share. China produces more solar electricity than all of Europe, though dozens of countries beat it on share. The series is also convenient because it shows the real contribution to displacing fuel: the share rises even when total generation falls.

Important: Generation rather than installed capacity: solar runs at a capacity factor of about 15%, so gigawatts of capacity and terawatt-hours of output do not map onto each other directly. The series starts in 2000.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.